Policeman Killed, Inmates Injured as Prisoners Truck Overturns at Beirut Entrance

A police adjutant was killed and three inmates were injured on Monday when a truck transporting prisoners overturned on the Dora highway leading to Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA identified the adjutant as Hashem H. It said the three prisoners were taken to the nearby St. Joseph hospital.

The agency had said that the police rushed to the area immediately after the accident was reported and succeeded in preventing the escape of inmates.

The accident caused bumper-to-bumper traffic and long queues that reached all the way to Jal el-Dib.

Another truck was brought to transport the inmates who were not injured in the accident.

The cause of the accident that happened at noon remained under investigation.