THREE teenagers had a lucky escape after their car collided with a dustbin lorry.
Two females and a male suffered only minor injuries in the smash, near the Holly Hill pub, on the outskirts of Richmond at about 7am yesterday.
One of the girls had to be cut free from the wreckage of the Ford Fiesta by firefighters. All three were taken by ambulance to the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, suffering from neck, back and chest pains.
The accident meant 500 households on the Coverdale refuse round, including Middleham, Carlton, Melmerby, Horsehouse and Agglethorpe, received no rubbish collections yesterday.
The district council is planning to hire another vehicle to complete the round today.
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