7:00am Saturday 4th September 2010
By Scott D'Arcy
PORRIDGE lovers will have missed out this morning after a lorry driver spilt their breakfast on to Wootton Bassett Road.
The driver of a 44-ton curtain-sided lorry, which was carrying hundreds of boxes of Ready Brek, was caught out by the low railway bridge at 7.25am yesterday.
The accident caused lengthy tailbacks along Wootton Bassett Road, Great Western Way and Tewkesbury Way.
Police cordoned off the area and Network Rail inspected the bridge for damage. The lorry was removed by noon.
PC Vince Prince, of the Swindon northern road policing unit, said: “Officers from Swindon attended straight away and Network Rail checked the bridge and found no damage.
“It was only a curtain-sided body but if it had been a box body the damage would have been a lot worse.”
Commuter Claire Orutley, 31, said: “It’s a bit of a mess. I’m just glad no one was hurt.”
Gary Stratton, 54, who was passing by, said: “I feel a bit sorry for the driver – it could happen to anyone.”
The driver received a £60 fine and three points on his licence for contravening a height restriction.
Before yesterday’s incident, the bridge, which has a height clearance of 4.5m, already bore the scars of previous clashes with heavy goods vehicles.
Last month an Interlink Express lorry lost a bit off its top after colliding with it.
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