15.12.2008

Slip sliding away

A crane travelling down a narrow lane near Oxenwood south of Malborough, Wiltshire, in the UK, slipped off the road and became bogged down on the verge at the weekend.
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The crane pulled over too far, ran onto the verge and sunk

The crane, a large Grove All Terrain owned by Terranova crane hire got into trouble as it travelled down the lane on Sunday, the driver pulled over to the right in order to avoid low overhanging branches on left of the lane.

However he moved too far onto the verge and sunk into the soft ground, saturated by Saturday’s heavy rain.
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The drop off from the road is quite severe

Police closed the road and diverted traffic between the villages of Oxenwood and Great Bedwyn. The company was planning to recover the crane today.