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Watch them bridges when driving a van

Van stuck under bridge
Safe removals come unstuck

Not so Safe

Van crashes into railway bridge. The roof of a van was cropped off once it crashed into this bridge. The van became stuck under the bridge after the impact. Driving a van is obviously different from driving a car, please someone tell the driver of this van. Another van stuck under a bridge this seems to be very common. Emergency services toiled for three hours to free a van stuck under a town centre bridge. The bridge above Prospect Hill had been beset by difficulties owing to its wedge shape in the past Worcestershire Council applied new safety measures together with more signs and height warning flaps over the road. But another vehicle become lodged in the gap shortly after midday today and a team from the Police worked till 4 pm to finally free it. Jon Fraser, the council’s customer and community manager, said: “We can only put this incident down to driver error as we have not had any recounted accidents concerning vehicles striking this bridge since the introduction of new signage and black and yellow chevrons. He added: “The damage caused by this collision is only cosmetic to the bridge.”

Jammed like the traffc

The force of driving forward can get you well and truly jammed under the bridge. The tyres of this removal van were totally deflated to allow for towing out. Apart from the red faced removal man there was no injuries and no real damage to the bridge apart from a few scrapes. If you have never driven a van before and you hire one be careful. Driving van means allowing for more room when turning and obviously the height difference which can be totally overlooked.

removal van stuck under bridge
The tyres were deflated to remove.

Halfords Gets Stuck

A Halfords lorry with the “We Fit” logo got stuck under a railway bridge in Beckenham the BBC reported  The Fire Brigade was called to the sight after the lorry trapped a number of parked cars on the Road. Trains across the bridge were at a standstill as a result of the stuck lorry this instance. A representative for Halfords said: “We would like to apologise for any delays and inconvenience caused to road and train travellers and will be working with the authorities to carry out a full investigation.” The lorry trapped several parked cars when it got stuck under the bridge. It’s always a terrible inconvenience for the backed up traffic. So definitely to pay utmost attention to low bridge warnings.
Lorry bridge
We Fit or maybe we don’t fit
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