Mr Kipling lorry gets wedged under low bridge after some exceedingly bad driving

The 16-wheeler got stuck under the 10ft-high bridge in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

Sticky situation: The lorry was wedged under the bridge for several hours. (SWNS)

A hapless driver found himself in a sticky situation - after wedging a Mr Kipling lorry under a bridge.

The unfortunate motorist displayed some exceedingly bad driving when the 16-wheeler got stuck under the 10ft-high bridge in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Drivers in Staffordshire were forced to divert around the blockage for over four hours as emergency services and engineers battled to free the wedged truck.

The lorry struck the bridge on a road under railway lines that runs to the busy A500 at around 8am on Monday.

But it wasn't until midday that crews working to release the stricken vehicle were able to relieve traffic congestion.

David Stillgoe, 54, saw the lorry hit the bridge. He said: 'I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He drove up to the bridge and you thought he must be going to stop, but he just kept going.

Chaos: Drivers had to go around the lorry for four hours. (SWNS)
Chaos: Drivers had to go around the lorry for four hours. (SWNS)


Stuck: The wedged lorry caused traffic tailbacks. (SWNS)
Stuck: The wedged lorry caused traffic tailbacks. (SWNS)



'There was an almighty crunch and this horrible scraping and the top of the lorry just buckled.

'I hope they don't try and sell any of those cakes now, I bet a few are smashed.

'The driver got out afterwards and looked at what he had done and he looked a bit dazed.'


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Hillary Stevens, 23, added: 'I was driving a few cars behind it and just saw debris fly off it and heard the sound of the crash over my radio.

'It was quite scary, I thought something big could hit my car. There was no way past, especially when the emergency services arrived.

'Traffic just started backing up and backing up. I hope the driver has some action taken against him, he should have known how high his lorry is surely.'

An inspection of the rail bridge later found there was no structural damage and traffic was allowed to pass under again.

A Network Rail spokesman said trains passing over the bridge had been disrupted from 8am until 8.18am, after which services resumed as normal.

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