IT was fortunate that no-one was killed when a B-double truck carrying a load of almonds flipped onto its side while navigating an S-bend, a court has been told.

The Mildura Magistrates' Court heard 39-year-old Ashley Doyle was behind the wheel of the rig in August last year when he failed to slow down on the bend and strayed onto the wrong side of the road as the truck came to rest on its side f...