Cement mixer flips, causes traffic on Commonwealth Avenue

A cement mixer flipped on its side and caused traffic at the foot of the Tandang Sora flyover along the northbound portion of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Tuesday morning, a report on News To Go said.

The incident occurred at 4:30 a.m., GMA News' Jay Sabale reported.

Now near commonwealth cor t sora qc circle bound. @gmanews pic.twitter.com/4xblzrrem5

— Jay Sabale (@jay2dfour) November 21, 2016

It occupied three lanes, the Metropolitan Manila Development reported in its Twitter account.

Initial investigation showed the truck hit a plant box before it flipped on its side.

Responding personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said the three occupants of the truck hurriedly exited the vehicle through a window and fled.

In their haste, they left the engine running.

Authorities scooped up the cement that fell on the road.

The truck, which is brand new and has no license plate yet, has been removed from the road, the MMDA announced in a tweet.

The "self-accident" has been cleared, and all lanes have been made passable as of 10 a.m.

UPDATE: Self accident involving mixer at Commonwealth Tandang Sora WB, cleared as of 10:00 AM. All lanes passable. #mmda

— Official MMDA (@MMDA) November 22, 2016

—Jessica Bartolome/KG, GMA News