A lorry driver was fortunate to flee unhurt this morning after smashing his car right into a railway bridge on Greenhill Highway.
The driving force was issued with a fixed-penalty discover in consequence the careless driving.
The Hermes lorry crashed into the bridge close to Paisley St James' station this morning round 10.15am however happily escaped unhurt.
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The car nevertheless, was totalled. The highest of the lorry was ripped off after the motive force mistakenly thought they might squeeze it underneath the bridge which is 10ft off the street.
The bridge got here off higher, solely struggling “superficial scratches”, in keeping with Community Rail. No practice providers had been affected on account of the smash. A spokesperson informed us that they surveyed the location to verify for harm however had been content material that there was none.
Police had been in attendance to help with the incident.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: "Round 10.15am on Friday, 15 July, we had been referred to as to a report of a truck hitting a bridge in Greenhill Highway, Paisley. The street was closed and re-opened round 11.30am. The driving force has been issued with a hard and fast penalty discover.”
A spokesperson from Evri, the brand new title for Hermes, stated: "We are able to verify that one in all our company drivers has been concerned in an incident in the present day. Fortuitously the motive force is unharmed.
"We take incidents like this very significantly and we have now launched an investigation. The street has reopened and it has been confirmed that there isn't a structural harm to the bridge so trains are operating as regular too.
"We apologise for any inconvenience.”
Based on knowledge from Community Rail in 2020, the Greenhill Highway bridge was one of the bashed within the UK.
Community Rail ranked the Greenhill Highway crossing 14th on its league of disgrace after 9 separate incidents had been reported there between 2019/20.
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