Lorry driver’s bid to squeeze under bridge… ends well

Tall order! Lorry gets WEDGED under bridge after driver misjudges height

  • Vehicle caused delays in Wootton Bassett Road, a main route through Swindon 
  • Police say the vehicle may have collided with the bridge, causing it to tilt 
  • Twitter users were quick to mock driver after images were posted by police 

These bizarre photos show a lorry tilted on two wheels after getting stuck underneath a bridge.

The vehicle caused delays in Wootton Bassett Road, a main route through Swindon, Wiltshire, after it became trapped at around 8.40am today.

Police say the vehicle may have collided with the bridge, causing it to tilt. The road reopened at 11.30am.

This is the sight that greeted motorits in Swindon this morning as a massive lorry got stuck under a bridge


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Twitter users were quick to mock the driver after the images were posted by Tri-Force Police.

Colin Carroll wrote: ‘Should have gone to Specsavers.’

Emma Graham wrote: ‘Did he not know the height of his truck….?’

Police say the vehicle may have collided with the bridge, causing it to tilt

Liam Quadling wrote: ‘If only he leaned over just a touch more and he may have made it! Or if he’s not that good at balancing on two wheels… just go around!’

Another user said: ‘Beggars belief; nothing more than a complete moron.

‘If this driver cannot even read height restrictions then they need to have their HGV licence taken away.’

Tri-Force police said: ‘The vehicle tilted as the bridge is not square into the road so a corner of the vehicle would have hit the bridge first.

‘This would have caused the vehicle to shift.’

 

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