A truck driver dies following a fire on the highway in Salé

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press. Rabat

A truck driver transporting vegetables died today Wednesday, following a fire which broke out in his medium-sized truck, in the Bouknadel district, in the city of Salé.

According to sources on site, the truck was loaded with tomatoes from one of the villages when it caught fire on the highway near the entrance to the commune of Bouknadel.

Teams from civil protection, the Royal Gendarmerie and local authorities went to the scene of the accident to secure traffic on the road. However, emergency services were unable to recover the driver, who was surrounded by intense gunfire inside the truck.