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There's no light at the end of this tunnel: Lorry driver's



We all make mistakes and are told 'you're only human' when things go wrong.

But this truck driver's decision to plough through a tunnel that was considerably too low for his vehicle to fit into takes the idea of human error to a baffling new level.

The driver of a 10ft 7ins tall lorry tried to squeeze through the opening of a tunnel- with a maximum height of 9ft in Rainham, Kent.

Police were called to the scene today and the driver who was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital with a facial injury.

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Physically impossible: No matter what the driver did, his fate was sealed when he entered the tunnel that is designed for a much shorter vehicle








Torn apart: The lorry is in tatters with the roof and back section lying in the road behind and the body of the vehicle stuck in the tunnel

The incident gives new meaning to the phrase 'stuck between a rock and a hard place'. An onlooker said 'I'm not even sure how the driver can get out of his cab.'

The roof and back section of the vehicle was ripped apart and left behind on the road as the remainder of the lorry came to a halt inside the tunnel.

The low tunnel is signposted with height restrictions and is on a narrow road.


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It would be expected that a vehicle would be travelling at a slow speed when approaching this type of tunnel.


An onlooker said: 'You'd think he would have seen the sign - and realised his truck was too big.'

Emergency services were called to the scene and the road was closed while the lorry was removed by the Fire Brigade.




Oops! Driver gets stuck in tunnel a foot and a half shorter than...






Misjudged: The driver must have missed warning signs for the low bridge and felt he could squeeze through the gap





A huge overlap: The truck measured in at 19 inches taller than the opening of the low tunnel that it is wedged in .






Room for one more? Passers-by approach the incident but will have to take a different route while the emergency services try to move the smashed lorry

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