A TRUCKER narrowly escaped horrific injury after his lorry was lifted off the ground by an enormous crane in a terrifying incident at Felixstowe port.
By Richard Cornwell
A TRUCKER narrowly escaped horrific injury after his lorry was lifted off the ground by an
enormous crane in a terrifying incident at Felixstowe port.
The Evening Star can today reveal details of the incident during which the driver found his lorry lifted 10ft after a bolt on one of the twistlocks holding the container on to his trailer failed to work.
The drama happened just as the High Court in London was hearing about a similar accident.
As port chiefs heard they would be paying around £250,000 compensation to Derek Mayes, who suffered severe brain damage after his lorry was picked up and fell more than 20ft, another driver was facing the same situation.
In the latest incident, it is understood a bolt which had been undone sprang back into place, which meant that when the rubber-tyred gantry crane lifted the box, it lifted the whole lorry – cab and trailer.
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