Trucker gets stuck for two days in lane
A lorry driver was forced to eat, sleep and live in his cab for two days after his 44-ton HGV got stuck on a narrow country lane.
Ken MacDonald, from South Staffordshire-based K Transport became wedged on Trenarth Bridge, near Port Navas, Cornwall, after following a police diversion.
The 28-year-old from Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, was delivering concrete slabs to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose when he was forced to leave the main Falmouth to Helston road.
David Kay, managing director of K Transport, in Old Stafford Road, Slade Heath, near Wolverhampton, said nothing like it had ever happened in the firm's 30-year history.
Mr Kay said today: "The diversion along the country lanes was not suitable for a HGV and he got wedged in the very, very tight road.
"He's home now and is OK but he was a bit grumpy at first. He had his food and drink supplies inside and his fridge and cooking facilities. The authorities were very, very good to him and co-operative."
Mr MacDonald said: "I remember starting off my drive down this road, which looked just like any other to me. I went over the brow of a hill and before I knew it, it started to narrow alarmingly.
"I had nowhere to go but forward and eventually, it got so narrow there was no way more than one vehicle could drive down it. Then a front tyre burst and I had no way out.
"I could not turn round because the road was too narrow, and I could not reverse in case I hit something. It was a 50ft-long truck, after all.
"I called the office and waited for help. I didn't get too lonely. I won't go back in a hurry, though."
Mr MacDonald became stuck at 1pm last Monday and was freed at 11am two days later after a crane was sent to the scene, along with a tree surgeon.
