Mattress causes A38 tailbacks after falling from moving vehicle
TRAFFIC backed up along the A38 after a mattress fell from the roof of a moving vehicle.
Police said they received a number of reports from drivers shortly before 4pm yesterday after the mattress was seen on the westbound stretch of the A38 between the Weston Mill and the Tamar Bridge.
A police spokesman said the mattress had fallen from the roof of a vehicle and settled in the middle of the road, causing cars to slow.
The spokesman said: "The unsecured load caused quite a bit of backlog along the A38 as it occurred at the start of rush-hour.
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"Officers had to halt both lanes to allow safe recovery.
"The mattress was later dragged to the side of the road by officers to be recovered by the Highways Agency."
Comments
by blogtodi
Saturday, September 29 2012, 1:06PM
“And now we have sleeping policemen on the A38?”