Two young men lucky to escape after refrigeratored truck rolls at Murray Bridge

Two young men have been lucky to escape without serious injuries when their refrigeratored truck lost control and flipped near Murray Bridge on Friday night.

Two young men have managed to escape without serious injuries when their refrigeratored truck rolled on Friday night.

Emergency services were called after reports a refrigeratored truck had lost control and rolled off the road at the intersection of Flagstaff Rd and Jervois Rd near Murray Bridge at 11.30pm.

The driver, a 24-year-old Para Hills man, sustained minor injuries but was able to remove himself from the cabin.

Refrigerator truck rolls at Murray Bridge South on Friday January 5. Picture: SAPOL

His 30-year-old male passenger from Parafield Gardens sustained minor injuries and was taken to Murray Bridge Hospital for treatment.

Police are urging motorists who are travelling through the area to take care. The road has remained open.

A tow truck is scheduled to remove the truck from the scene on Saturday morning.

This comes after a B-double carrying livestock flipped on the Dukes Highway, causing chaos on the busy thoroughfare on Friday.

A B-double carrying livestock rolled on a busy highway on Friday after two trucks side swiped each other.

Emergency services were called to the highway near Culburra just after 12.20am on Friday, January 5, after reports two trucks had sideswiped each other.

The driver of the rolled B-double received minor injuries while the second truck stopped a short distance away and spoke to police and was uninjured.

Originally published as Two young men lucky to escape after refrigeratored truck rolls at Murray Bridge