LUCKY ESCAPE: Neither the driver of this road train nor his passenger were injured when it rolled south of Mataranka on April 14. Photo: NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE
A TRUCK driver and his passenger were lucky to escape without injury when a trailer of the road train they were travelling in rolled south of Mataranka in the early hours of April 14.
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Shortly after 5am on Tuesday, the accident, which occurred 48 kilometres south of the township on the Stuart Highway, was reported to emergency services by another truck driver.
It is believed the third trailer of the truck rolled and hit a tree after it left the bitumen.
The driver and his passenger were transported to the Mataranka Health Clinic by paramedics but later discharged.
A Northern Territory police spokesperson said it is alleged that fatigue played a part in the accident
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