As unlikely as this picture might suggest it appears that this story has a happy ending. Biglorryblog reader Bill Taylor alerted me to these pictures taken last June which appear on www.forums.airshows.co.uk and were taken by a gentleman called FatboyJarv who says: "While on the way to Biggin Hill on Sunday I found part of the M25 slip road closed and this is what I found.This lorry had fallen over 40 feet to the ground below but lucky for the driver he is only reported as having cuts and bruises, the photos did make it into my local paper."
Well all BLB can say to that is that he must have been the luckiest guy alive. And if the story is incorrect and he didn't walk away then I'll happily remove this post as I'd rather not feature pictures of a fatal accident or where anyone has been seriously injured.. The truck looks to be like an MAN TGA...I assume the rig was unloaded if the Scania recovery crane can lift it, and the trailer up in one go. Does this ring a bell with anyone from a year ago?
Comments (3)
Hi Brian,
The truck is based at Thurrock, he was on his way back to the depot. The unit was a Merc Actros.
Posted by Road Rat | June 14, 2008 7:26 AM
Posted on June 14, 2008 07:26
It was actually last Sunday that it happened, not last year. My colleague went past on Sunday and saw it as per the pictures. I think it went over on Saturday.
Posted by Graham | June 14, 2008 2:49 PM
Posted on June 14, 2008 14:49
One of our drivers had a similar experience about 6 months ago just off J4 on the M40, his truck left the road and landed upright 30 ft below a bridge,he walked away with a bruised rib. The tractor was a new MAN TGA, maybe the safest truck to fly in?
Posted by oli | June 16, 2008 8:06 PM
Posted on June 16, 2008 20:06