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A trucker wedged his HGV under a 15ft 9in bridge near South Ruislip station, west London, despite clear height warnings. Traffic built up as locals filmed the aftermath.
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Hapless lorry driver gets HGV wedged under bridge

Heather Campbell
Last updated: 2024/07/19 at 3:39 PM
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A hapless lorry driver gets stuck under a bridge. (Picture: Jam Press)
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A hapless trucker got his lorry wedged under a bridge.

The HGV roof hit the top of it.

This was in spite of the sign hung on the structure proclaiming it a Low bridge.’

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It also had the height of the bridge clearly displayed, as reported by What’s The Jam.

The lorry driver got stuck under the 15ft 9in (3.6m) bridge near South Ruislip station, west London.

A trucker wedged his HGV under a 15ft 9in bridge near South Ruislip station, west London, despite clear height warnings. Traffic built up as locals filmed the aftermath.
GV – South Ruislip station and the low bridge. (Picture: Jam Press)

He could be seen sitting in the cab of the Scania truck while traffic builds behind the lorry.

A passerby road user filmed the aftermath in an eight-second video on their mobile phone.

One local – named Paul – asked “How many times has that bridge been hit?”

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Another said: “Waiting for you can’t park there mate jokes.”

Social media comment on the post of A trucker wedged his HGV under a 15ft 9in bridge near South Ruislip station, west London, despite clear height warnings. Traffic built up as locals filmed the aftermath.
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Vik Singh called the driver who had misjudged the height of the bridge an ‘idiot’.

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