Crying over spilt milk: Same lorry involved in two road incidents on same day
A frustrated police community support officer has revealed that the same milk lorry was at the centre of two road incidents in one day.
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The first incident saw the lorry break down at Pant and in the second incident the same vehicle overturned and spilt an estimated 24,000 litres - 42,234 pints - of milk at a big roundabout near Oswestry.
PCSO Kurt Mabe, of Oswestry Rural South Safer Neighbourhood Team posted a message on the West Mercia Police Neighbourhood Matters website saying he had attended just two jobs in his entire day on Friday.
He said: "Well, yesterday didn't go as planned.
"First job was to a broken down lorry pulling a milk tank on the A483 at Pant.
"One of the rear wheels had become loose and worn the hub of the wheel from nice round holes into curved oblongs.
"After four and a half hours of hours of directing traffic, the tank was finally on the recovery lorry and the driver and cab were on their way."
Officers were congratulated for a job well done and they headed back to the office.
PCSO Mabe wrote: "Within minutes of getting back to the office, another job comes in for the A483 at Mile End where a lorry has turned over.
"So, we get there to find the same milk tank now laying on it`s side and leaking the best part of 24,000 litres of milk onto the road."
He said the road was closed and recovery was in operation for the same lorry.
"Three hours directing traffic, AGAIN!
"Seven and a half hours over the same lorry."
