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Unsecure load charge for driver towing trailer of posts

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Unsecure load charge for driver towing trailer of posts

Date of alert:

Friday, 30 September 2022

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Devon & Cornwall Police

A Land Rover driver "caused carnage" on the M5 as his trailer littered the road with wooden posts.

The driver was towing a trailer between Junction 27 and 26 ysetrday (Tuesday).

The trailer was stcaked high with nearly 200 large and heavy wooden fence stakes - each one sharpened to a point.

The ties holding the load in place loosened and the fence posts were spilled into the carriageway.

Miraculously, it appears that there were no injuries caused to other drivers.

Police stopped the driver of the Land Rover and has has been reported for an insecure load that is likely to cause injury.

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Unsecure load charge for driver towing trailer of posts
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