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Travel misery as lorry hits low bridge in Blackburn

11:21am Thursday 9th July 2009 in


A LORRY brought problems for motorists and train passengers last night after crashing into a railway bridge in Blackburn.

The HGV hit the bridge in Bolton Road, near Infirmary Road, at 5.45pm, causing huge tailbacks and disruption on the rail network.

The road was closed until around 10pm as the bridge had become unstable and engineers were called to inspect it.

Replacement bus services ran between Blackburn and Bolton for much of the evening.

Comments(6)

Nad says...
6:48pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Two words spring to mind...Tom-Tom!!

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pwei73 says...
7:53am Fri 10 Jul 09

Nad wrote:
Two words spring to mind...Tom-Tom!!
i think u will find that a double decker bus can fit under this bridge so a lorry would have no problem human error i would guess

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Izanears says...
10:48am Fri 10 Jul 09

Was it a foreign driver I wonder?

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Oakdale blue says...
4:25pm Fri 10 Jul 09

Whoops...better stick to a Transit in future!

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fabme says...
2:17am Sat 11 Jul 09

the driver was english and its a double decker trailer,so the trailer was higher than the normal trailors used,and no it wasnt a tom tom

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A_Mother says...
11:42pm Sun 12 Jul 09

It looks like that driver is lucky to be alive. And that young man is someone's son. Maybe someone's husband; Dad; brother... It's easy to make 'witty' comments when it isn't you. Or someone you love. Much harder to put yourself in someone else's shoes. One day that could be you. Or one of yours. Bridges can be mended. Shattered lives can't.

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