WATCH: Water tank detaches from truck and overturns on Portmore toll road
The trailer with the water tank which detached from a truck and overturned on the Portmore toll road on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A truck’s trailer became detached and overturned with a tank of water on the Portmore toll road Friday afternoon.

It is understood that about 1:30pm, the truck was travelling towards Kingston from Portmore when the trailer became detached and overturned with the tank of water.

No injuries were reported.

The accident caused a section of the highway to be reduced to single lane.

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