How do you rescue a tanker stuck in a sinkhole? 20 tons of stone and a few railway sleepers should do the trick
A tanker stuck in a sinkhole at Shrewsbury's weir has been removed after engineers completed an operation to free it.
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The tanker had become stuck on Monday when workers from Shropshire Council were cleaning the towpath.
The back wheel of the vehicle had become lodged in a sinkhole.
Now the council has revealed how it freed the vehicle – by filling the hole full of stone, and using airbags and railway sleepers to lift the tanker before hauling it out.
