Driver escapes unharmed after lorry overturns on busy South Yorkshire road
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A driver escaped unharmed after his lorry overturned – missing other vehicles on a busy South Yorkshire road.
The lorry was travelling along the Dearne Valley Parkway when it overturned at the junction with Wood Walk, Wombwell, Barnsley, yesterday afternoon.
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Hide AdSouth Yorkshire Police closed the road for a recovery operation to be mounted.
A lamppost was flattened when the HGV overturned and a clean-up operation had to be mounted because of a fuel spillage.
South Yorkshire Police said: “The driver has been reported for driving without due care and is lucky there was no one injured.
“A harsh lesson in paying attention to the road ahead.”