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Another boulder falls from lorry
ANOTHER piece of stone has fallen off of a lorry on Portland, police say.
A Dorset Police spokesman said the 'enormous' boulder - weighing between 200 and 300 pounds - fell onto a pavement in Chiswell.
She said the vehicle's driver was made aware of the incident and arranged for the stone to be recovered.
No-one was hurt in the incident, which happened shortly before 10am today.
Last week a two-ton piece of stone fell off a lorry and damaged a parked vehicle in Easton Square, Portland.
10:53am Tuesday 13th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Tru Belle, purbeck on 6:09pm Tue 13 May 08
Jolly lucky no one got in the way or was hurt!!
Reminds me of life 30 or more years ago accompanying husband in a certain West African oil producing state- a dual carriageway was being constructed - whilst original road was in use, the enormous population was still speeding and causing chaos!no such things as cones- just 'go slow'- which means traffic jam out there!!
Lorries fully lopsided and with uneven loads and laden with concrete blocks and boulders would motor along through the potholes,and mud and ruinous axle cracking terrain, woe betide if you were unfortunate enough to be behind one- shedding it's load accidentally- many cars and people were crushed to death and poor cyclists didn't stand a chance!!The awefulness of this was the boulders were not shifted for months neither were the bodies, and all drivers just drove around them all including all of us in the expat community, not daring to look too closely at the hell on earth conditions especially during the rainy season, which was nearly every day!!
Jolly lucky no one got in the way or was hurt!!
Reminds me of life 30 or more years ago accompanying husband in a certain West African oil producing state- a dual carriageway was being constructed - whilst original road was in use, the enormous population was still speeding and causing chaos!no such things as cones- just 'go slow'- which means traffic jam out there!!
Lorries fully lopsided and with uneven loads and laden with concrete blocks and boulders would motor along through the potholes,and mud and ruinous axle cracking terrain, woe betide if you were unfortunate enough to be behind one- shedding it's load accidentally- many cars and people were crushed to death and poor cyclists didn't stand a chance!!The awefulness of this was the boulders were not shifted for months neither were the bodies, and all drivers just drove around them all including all of us in the expat community, not daring to look too closely at the hell on earth conditions especially during the rainy season, which was nearly every day!!
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