Barmouth: Crashed lorry jammed under rail bridge

27 December 2023

This was the moment a lorry found itself jammed under a railway bridge.

The Castell Howell foods vehicle got stuck on Wednesday after hitting the crossing in Barmouth, in Gwynedd, at about 11:00 GMT.

Network Rail said the line between Machynlleth, in Powys, and Pwllheli, in Gwynedd, was shut for about three hours, after the crash on The Quay.

It added that its engineers freed the vehicle, a safety inspection was conducted and the line reopened.

Castell Howell director Martin Jones said: "No-one was hurt, that is the main thing, and we are doing our own internal investigation."

He said the lorry had been removed and was back in the company's depot.

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