Freight Emergency

Source: EADT

The scene of the accident. Pictures: Reader Elly Henson

A LORRY loaded with lager damaged a wall, bus shelter and car when it shed dozens of kegs in a busy Suffolk road.

The Carlsberg truck came to grief on the A12 where it runs through the village of Yoxford, at the junction with High Street.

Witnesses said the lorry had just come round a sharp corner near the Kings Head pub when dozens of the kegs fell off the back and careered in every direction.

A wall, pub sign, car and bus shelter were all hit by the rolling barrels shortly after midday yesterday.

No load needed recovering here! Lots of drivers helping the poor lorry driver. Fortunately no injuries to people in recovering the Kegs or when they spilt.

If this happened frequently, the house prices in Yoxford would go up!

Regards

Kevin

I was looking up some info on You Tube earlier today and I came across this video.

The commentary isn’t in English and it only lasts a few seconds, but it shows what could happen if you transport live fish.

Couriers are generally not allowed to transport livestock, although it is possible to transport live fish such as Koi, if they are contained correctly.

That must have been dreadful to clean up and the fish probably couldn’t be saved - they were being covered with some sort of sand towards the end of the clip.

The correct packaging can prevent a lot of damage if your vehicle goes over, so can the correct training of your driver. Saving money on packing is a false economy, if your vehicle goes over and your goods are damaged your customer is let down and your supply chain is broken.

Don’t let that happen!

Sarah

No, is the simple answer. With some items it’s just not possible to reload and deliver to their end destinations.

Only last week (a mission impossible for us) a lorry containing Chutney spilled across the A12 in Essex.

A LORRY spilled 100 litres of mango chutney on the A1124, at Eight Ash Green on Tuesday afternoon.

Police called in fire crews at around 4.20pm after the driver reported the incident near the Holiday Inn, just off the A12.

Fire crews closed the road but had to wait for the Highways Agency before hosing down the road.

Source: This is Essex

Fortunately the driver was well enough to alert the police.

In this incident we were unable to help, but if it was a no fault accident, we would have been in a strong position to recommend some of the RUBS team who could have!

Kevin

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