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Road closed after lorry hits low railway bridge
10:30am Thursday 7th June 2012 in News
WELL-BLOCKED: The military lorry that lost its load under a railway bridge
A military vehicle lost its load going under a low bridge.
The vehicle was passing under the railway bridge between West Knighton and Woodsford at around 4pm yesterday when it clipped the structure and its container fell off the back.
Police closed the road for several hours while recovery was arranged for the container, which came to a rest just under the bridge.
One of the occupants of the vehicle, who did not wish to be named, said they were on their way to Bovington Army Camp when the unfortunate incident occurred.
He said: “We were following the sat-nav and anticipated we would fit through but obviously we didn’t.
“The container hit the top of the bridge and snapped off.”
He added: “We’re just waiting for our unit to recover us.”
Comments(24)
ian king
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10:43am Thu 7 Jun 12
Tim4wfc
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10:48am Thu 7 Jun 12
ian king
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10:48am Thu 7 Jun 12
They are civil servants doing their Job, of course they can be named!
IDONTKNOWIFITISTRRUE
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10:52am Thu 7 Jun 12
dorsetbeachcomber
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11:06am Thu 7 Jun 12
annotator1
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11:10am Thu 7 Jun 12
exocet
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11:22am Thu 7 Jun 12
shy talk
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11:27am Thu 7 Jun 12
CharlieBarley
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11:58am Thu 7 Jun 12
YerTisThsUn
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12:19pm Thu 7 Jun 12
old-mo
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12:46pm Thu 7 Jun 12
Orft with their heads...
jmc1
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1:35pm Thu 7 Jun 12
YerTisThsUn wrote:Quite agree,think its probably TA as well
I suppose you know for a fact that it was driven by a Soldier? A lot of military vehicles are often driven by civilian employees.So before you start with the slagging off of our Brave Troops find the facts out first.
wessex-andy
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2:04pm Thu 7 Jun 12
nobby43
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2:29pm Thu 7 Jun 12
ian king
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3:09pm Thu 7 Jun 12
nobby43 wrote:Shriek!! ..but you must blindly worship....
'Army driver. Be the best' Not! i know for a fact they were in uniform as i saw them on the Dorchester bypass. They should know the height of their vehicle. If there's any doubt, stop, get out and check! I do.
jmc1
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4:27pm Thu 7 Jun 12
nobby43 wrote:Just cause they were in uniform they could have been TA
'Army driver. Be the best' Not! i know for a fact they were in uniform as i saw them on the Dorchester bypass. They should know the height of their vehicle. If there's any doubt, stop, get out and check! I do.
nobby43
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6:08pm Thu 7 Jun 12
jmc1 wrote:Please point out where I stated that they weren't TA? I said they were in uniform. I never used the word Regular.
nobby43 wrote:Just cause they were in uniform they could have been TA
'Army driver. Be the best' Not! i know for a fact they were in uniform as i saw them on the Dorchester bypass. They should know the height of their vehicle. If there's any doubt, stop, get out and check! I do.
markerpen
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11:42am Fri 8 Jun 12
portlandboy
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2:05pm Fri 8 Jun 12
Babsarella66
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2:09pm Fri 8 Jun 12
Laadeeda
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8:51pm Fri 8 Jun 12
For goodness sakes - sh1t happens.
exocet
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4:39pm Sat 9 Jun 12
Laadeeda wrote:that is as maybe but if we accept that as an argument then we will have nothing to bicker about.I believe it was related to the Olympics anyway!
So it was driven by military drivers! Buses driven by civilians have never gone under bridges and got either stuck or taken the roof off? For goodness sakes - sh1t happens.
Jacko11
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8:22am Tue 12 Jun 12
Hardly a serious story with lack fact!
No names due to the fact it did not happen as reported.
Hedgehogspring says...
10:33am Thu 7 Jun 12