Driver seriously hurt after HGV overturns in York (From The Northern Echo)
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Driver seriously hurt after HGV overturns in York
6:58pm Saturday 4th July 2009 in
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- By Andrew Douglas » Deputy News Editor
A LORRY driver was seriously injured after his 19 tonne HGV carrying five tonnes of tarmac overturned on a roundabout on the outskirts of York at 8.15am this morning.
Firefighters used cutting equipment to free the man, who was trapped in the cab, before he was taken to hospital suffering from severe injuries to his head and arms and a broken leg.
The accident took place on Great North Way on York Business Park. Fire crews stood down at 9.49am.
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