A tractor driver who was pulling 11 tonnes of potatoes luckily escaped with minor injuries following a road incident in Cambridgeshire.
The trailer-pulling tractor overturned on the A110 near Littleport on Friday 1 November.
According to reports from numerous policing profiles on Twitter, the driver had to swerve due to an oncoming vehicle and then 'fishtailed into the ditch'.
Luckily, the driver escaped with minor injuries.
The A1101 was closed while 11 tonnes of potatoes were cleared up, Beds, Cambs & Herts Roads Policing Unit said.
On scene of a smash on the A1101 Mildenhall road, Littleport. @cambsfrs @EastEnglandAmb @roadpoliceBCH all on scene. Thankfully the driver only has minor injuries. Road will be closed for sometime for the clean up. #RCAT #spuds pic.twitter.com/FbebI5NiZr
— CambsRuralCops ???? (@CambsRuralCops) November 1, 2019
Littleport- tractor had to swerve for oncoming vehicle, fishtailed into the ditch. Driver has minor injuries only. A1101 closed whilst 11 Tonnes of potatoes are cleared up! 2023/2143 pic.twitter.com/vHfh34nRXC
— BCH Road Policing (@roadpoliceBCH) November 1, 2019
