A lucky driver escaped with only a bruised hip when his articulated lorry mounted the pavement, flattened a bus shelter, damaged two stone walls, and went crashing into the garden of a shocked Fensicliffe resident.
John Slater from Darwen lost control of the lorry as he was driving down Preston Old Road in 1969.
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