Homeowners without power after lorry crash (From Echo)
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Canvey homeowners without power after lorry pulls down electricity cables
4:37pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News
HOMEOWNERS on Canvey are expecting to be without power overnight after a lorry struck overhead electricity cables.
Police and firefighters from Rayleigh were called to Haven Road at about 1pm today after the Polish driver got into difficulty while turning round in an area opposite the Lobster Smack pub.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "A driver of a lorry appears to have lost control of the vehicle while travelling along Haven Road, it struck electricity cables and the driver's details have been given to the electricity company.
"He was not injured and not subject of a police investigation."
For the full story see tomorrow's Echo.
Comments(15)
marshman
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5:06pm Tue 9 Oct 12
marshman
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5:08pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Sean4u
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5:22pm Tue 9 Oct 12
I hope that helps.
shoebury52
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6:59pm Tue 9 Oct 12
I don't know that area well so just wondered
muffindamule
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7:14pm Tue 9 Oct 12
( In Warsaw that is ).
iknowbetter
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8:35pm Tue 9 Oct 12
shoebury52 wrote:I'm assuming the lorry driver took the new road to no where and turned right instead of left at the mini roundabout. Again I'm assuming the leccy board didnt expect artics to be visiting the dead end and so assumed low level cables would have been ok at the time of installation. Oh how times are a changing.....
It does not say the pole hit a pole. Says he hit electricity cables. Have to ask really why the cables were that low that they could be hit? We're there signs up to say low high voltage cables? I don't know that area well so just wondered
Trainman
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10:35pm Tue 9 Oct 12
upset
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8:58am Wed 10 Oct 12
What else can be said about this non event?
Just a thought, why don't the reporters or editor defend these story against our comments?
muffindamule
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9:18am Wed 10 Oct 12
upset wrote:I was going to say it's because they probably have far better things to do with their time but then I weighed up the evidence in favour of such an argument and found it seriously flawed.
'Full story in todays Echo'!!!
What else can be said about this non event?
Just a thought, why don't the reporters or editor defend these story against our comments?
avril1
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11:20am Wed 10 Oct 12
god knows what the driver was of thinking of trying to turn the lorry around in such a cramped condition, dont know how he did it.
Whatthe*
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12:31pm Wed 10 Oct 12
It was a accident and these things happen no one was reported as hurt only inconvienienced and upset.
soul man
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8:42pm Wed 10 Oct 12
upset
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8:55am Thu 11 Oct 12
Whatthe* wrote:Dont use my name to support your comments LOL.
The paper reports that there was a Funeral Wake booked in for the afternoon that had to be cancelled.
It was a accident and these things happen no one was reported as hurt only inconvienienced and upset.
Expat Of
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4:16pm Fri 12 Oct 12
avril1 wrote:Couldn't pay for your lunch and trapped in a Pub! Every cloud has a silver lining!
we were there just had lunch only to have the pub closed not only no electric but unable to pay for meals or leave the car park, as the lines came down across the path of entry.
god knows what the driver was of thinking of trying to turn the lorry around in such a cramped condition, dont know how he did it.
AndyBSG says...
4:52pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Is it the whole of Canvey? I find it hard to believe one pole being knocked down can wipe out the electricity of over 50,000 residents