PICTURES: Articulated lorry completely stuck in narrow Bickleigh lane after following sat nav
A lorry has become stuck in a country lane in Bickleigh, with no hope of moving.
The Polish-registered lorry has been jammed in New Road in Bickleigh near Plymouth since 11.30pm yesterday.
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The Polish lorry is still stuck in New Road in Bickleigh. Pictures by Jon Bayley
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Police at the scene at the junction of Blackeven Hill
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The Polish lorry driver has been in his cab since the lorry became stuck at 11:30pm yesterday
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A recovery vehicle was unable to pull out the lorry at 3am yesterday
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The junction is closed at the bottom of new Road
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No injuries have been reported to police
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The trailer is jammed in to the hedge with a tree trapping the rear
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The lorry's clutch has reportedly failed
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The rear of the MAN lorry, which is empty
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Police have informned the Polish lorry driver that a recovery vehicle will be assisting
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The articulated lorry has been stuck in new Road since 11.30pm yesterday.
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A large tree is holding the rear of the trailer in place
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The roads around New Road are shut for the time being
The driver was following his sat nav towards Lee Moor with his empty trailer when he claimed the lorry slid and then became stuck.
"The road was slippery and the trailer slid out and that was it, it was stuck," the driver explained.
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He also reported the clutch to have failed.
A recovery truck was called at 3am today but was unable to pull out the Blue Man lorry.
Another recovery vehicle arrived at 9:50am and is now attempting to remove the trailer.
Police have shut the road in all directions around the Ham Farm junction and expect the closures to be in place for some time.
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Comments
by pipmonster
Thursday, December 20 2012, 7:48PM
“@MissAnthrope, that made me chuckle I have a standing joke with a friend that Cornwall is a 3rd world county. Thank you for the laugh.”
by Tony248
Thursday, December 20 2012, 10:49AM
“Perhaps the driver was unfamiliar with our archaic English measurements and did not know what 7 feet meant. However I am sure that the lorry owners are now regretting that they did not pay out the extra for an HGV satnav. Perhaps these should become mandatory for wide/high vehicles!
Anyway, if this is NEW Road, I dread to think what OLD Road will be like!”
by Othursty1
Thursday, December 20 2012, 9:05AM
“Anyway, of course it makes no sense to try and release the lorry in the middle of the night when you can't see what your doing. See what the light of day brings. As the story (dated today says) it happend very late last night. I guess they will retreive it shortly.”
by CharlieDodd
Thursday, December 20 2012, 12:11AM
“..'The Polish-registered lorry has been jammed'..
The driver should have been born long ago, a few like him would have soon blocked the roads to Hitlers panzers”
by MissAnthrope
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 11:43PM
“I heard the lorry was full of Cornish people who have now jumped out and legged it hoping for a better life across the border.”
by Plymouthlad63
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 10:33PM
“Well done lol......maybe next time you will use your eyes instaed of listening to your sat nav”
by Plautus
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 9:28PM
“Cut the lorry up, piece by piece, and bill the owner(s) for removing it.
Jail the idiot who drove the lorry down a lane clearly incapable of accommodating its size.”
by billynomates
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 9:22PM
“i wonder if this was because he was using Apple maps and not google.!!”
by DevonEagle
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 7:50PM
“Unbelievable that he got as far as he did. Go on Google Street View and follow New Road staraight on past the Barracks, past the 7' width restriction sign, past the 7.5 ton limit sign, over the viaduct and to the T Junction where it is now stuck.”
by olddogbreath
Wednesday, December 19 2012, 7:32PM
“Poor bloke, he won't get home for Christmas now. It is easy to criticise this chap, but he is in a foreign country and probably does not have a map of minor roads. How would we get on, in a similar situation in Poland I wonder?”