Doha News
"Qatar residents have been complaining about traffic jams this afternoon following an accident on Shamal Road near IKEA.
It appears that construction equipment sitting on a flatbed truck tipped forward and crushed the cabin of the truck.
It is unclear whether the truck driver was injured. The accident happened around 4pm, according to commuters heading into Doha."
There was a birthday party in our compound tonight and one of our teaching colleagues left our place at 6:15 pm. She texted us at 8:15 pm and told us that she was still on the highway and hadn't moved at all. She ended up staying at a fiends place tonight because she couldn't get home.
It looks as though the crane wasn't a secured load. Knowing the crazy drivers around here, the driver must have hit the brakes pretty hard at speed and then the load shifted forward completely crushing the cab of the truck.
We have seen some pretty interesting driving here. No signalling, misjudging the speed of other vehicles, drifting from one lane to the other, distracted drivers on their cell phones, speeding excessively, aggressive drivers, impatient drivers and poor vehicle maintenance.
Hold on a minute, wait a second, that sounds an awful lot like Toronto!
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