A heavy truck and its 22 tons of chocolate are overturned in a field

A heavy vehicle left the road overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday and finished its race in a field in Cardesse (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

The Olano transport truck came from the Lindt factory in Oloron and had to go to a storage site.

It was carrying 22 tons of chocolate when it slipped below the D9, tearing trees as it passed, reports

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The 45-year-old driver managed to get out of the truck and was picked up by firefighters upon their arrival.

Slightly injured, he was transported to the Oloron hospital center.

An accident-prone road

A major evacuation operation of the semi-trailer was launched on Wednesday, with the intervention of lifting vehicles.

Traffic was cut off on the departmental road.

According to a local resident interviewed by our colleagues, this road is the frequent scene of accidents, but rather in a straight line.

For the mayor of Cardesse, heavy goods vehicles should no longer be authorized to use this route, and not only those over 26 tonnes in international transit.

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• Chocolate

• Accident

• Heavy weights