Movement of vehicles on the Dhimbam Ghat Road was disrupted after a granite-laden lorry developed a snag at the 9th hairpin bend here on Saturday.
The lorry from Chamrajnagar was driven by Raheem (37) and is on its way to Mettur. At 12 p.m. when the driver was negotiating the bend, the front wheel axle got broken leading to the lorry struck at the middle of the road. Since other vehicles could not move on the road, vehicles piled up on both the sides.
A mechanic from Sathyamangalam was pressed into service and repair works were completed by 2 p.m. Hasanur police and the police patrolling team personnel from Sathyamangalam regulated the traffic flow and normalcy returned in the evening.