A LORRY driver had a lucky escape after a three-vehicle collision in North Yorkshire.
SHATTERED: Lucky escape for lorry driver after pipe shatters windscreen in three-vehicle accident. Picture: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE/PAUL CORDING
The accident happened on the A168 southbound on the approach to the A1M at Dishforth on Wednesday.
Remarkably the accident only resulted in a minor injury.
Sgt Paul Cording of North Yorkshire Police wrote on Twitter: "3 vehicle RTC on #A168 earlier. Incredibly lucky only minor injury, it could have been a whole lot worse!! (Look at that pipe tube carrier)!"
3 vehicle RTC on #A168 earlier. Incredibly lucky only minor injury, it could have been a whole lot worse!! (Look at that pipe tube carrier)! pic.twitter.com/Xk90zIamb6
— Sgt Paul Cording (@OscarRomeo1268) March 22, 2017
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