Part of A66 closed near Darlington

12:27pm Monday 8th October 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Vicki Henderson, Darlington reporter

PART OF A66 CLOSED: Due to overturned lorry PART OF A66 CLOSED: Due to overturned lorry

PART of the A66 is closed after a lorry overturned while trying to manouvere round a roundabout.

Police were alerted to the incident, on a roundabout near the Brick Train on the Darlington ringroad, at 10.50am and closed the A66 northbound from the Great Burdon roundabout.

There is also congestion around the Lingfield and Red Hall areas.

It is thought the HGV was carrying wooden boards and overturned because it was badly weighted.

The driver was out of the vehicle when emergency services arrived and is not thought to be injured.

Police expect the road to reopen before 1pm.

Comments(15)

Blankface says...
3:15pm Mon 8 Oct 12

Not very professional from a so called professional driver.

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ajtib3 says...
4:08pm Mon 8 Oct 12

That's twice in last 6 months an HGV as gone over on that roundabout.

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kristal27 says...
6:07pm Mon 8 Oct 12

he was probably on his mobile -just the other day I saw one trying to get an artic. around the barmpton lane/great burdon round-about with one hand -the other grasping his mobile phone to his ear -foreign plates of course....

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tomtopper says...
7:37pm Mon 8 Oct 12

Blankface wrote:
Not very professional from a so called professional driver.
They're a bit more professional than bus drivers.. And it's probably the guy who loaded it, whose at fault.. But it could be combination of bad driving, coupled with adverse weight distribution.. Not enough facts I'm afraid, but the usual bunch will jump to conclusions...

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Rosiep2203 says...
11:33pm Mon 8 Oct 12

As it says in the article, it was badly weighted.

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Quaker79 says...
11:37pm Mon 8 Oct 12

Which roundabout is this exactly? Is it the new one half way between Morton Park and the A66?

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Blankface says...
12:48am Tue 9 Oct 12

tomtopper wrote:
Blankface wrote:
Not very professional from a so called professional driver.
They're a bit more professional than bus drivers.. And it's probably the guy who loaded it, whose at fault.. But it could be combination of bad driving, coupled with adverse weight distribution.. Not enough facts I'm afraid, but the usual bunch will jump to conclusions...
Once again you have to mention bus drivers. Seriously topper you really do have a problem with bus drivers don't you. Get over it and stop being so cynical.

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Blankface says...
12:50am Tue 9 Oct 12

Rosiep2203 wrote:
As it says in the article, it was badly weighted.
The driver should have known something was up long before he got to roundabout.

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Blankface says...
1:02am Tue 9 Oct 12

As it says in the article it was badly weighted the driving characteristics of the vehicle would have been different and driver would have felt this yet still continued on then this was inevitable so as I stated earlier not very professional.

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david l. reed says...
7:21am Tue 9 Oct 12

An earlier photo showed the lorry had Aberdeen on it's name board so was it a foreign driver as Kristal states unless you class drivers from Scotland as foreigners. I compete with HGV drivers near a port in Lincolnshire and some are true idiots, they would make potential F1 drivers and would not call them professional.

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kristal27 says...
8:46am Tue 9 Oct 12

david l. reed wrote:
An earlier photo showed the lorry had Aberdeen on it's name board so was it a foreign driver as Kristal states unless you class drivers from Scotland as foreigners. I compete with HGV drivers near a port in Lincolnshire and some are true idiots, they would make potential F1 drivers and would not call them professional.
just because a lorry has Aberdeen written on it doesn't mean it has to have a Scottish driver lol! Anyway that previous statement was tongue in cheek. HGV drivers are legally responsible for their load -they must check it before they set off and regularly check it en route. he more than likely swung too sharp around the roundabout and centrifugal force did the rest -its very lucky nothing was up side the lorry or they would have been squashed

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Insel_Affen says...
9:48am Tue 9 Oct 12

Even with the limited facts on here, the balance of probability is that it's driver error in some way. Could be speed, bad loading or turning too sharply. This is based on the fact that there are hundreds of HGVs going round this all day long but only one 'fell over'. However, it would be nice to see the full facts, statements and visit the scene; that way you could make a properly informed decision.

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Rosiep2203 says...
12:18pm Tue 9 Oct 12

There are barely any details here, don't judge or jump to conclusions when not all the facts are known.

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Nemo99 says...
12:52pm Tue 9 Oct 12

It is the overall responsibility of the lorry driver to ensure before setting off and during the journey to ensure his load is safe. Too many times do we see precariously balanced loads travelling the roads of Britain.

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johnny_p says...
7:42am Wed 10 Oct 12

There's an awful lot of bad driving going on, but sadly when it's an HGV it impacts greatly on everyone else. I dread to think how many people were late for wok, missed meetings and appointments or were inconvenienced by another "king of the road"?

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