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Water lorry falls in hole in Worthing

2:30pm Friday 30th January 2009 in


A heavy water jet lorry tending to a blocked sewer reversed into a roadside hole yesterday.

A 100-ton crane was called to recover the Southern Water vehicle at the East Worthing Wastewater Treatment Works in Meadow Road.

A Southern Water spokesman said: "The driver and passenger were unhurt.

"We will begin investigations to find out what caused the void to form, before making the necessary repairs."

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Comments(14)

Daniel Odonel says...
4:46pm Fri 30 Jan 09

oooh ooh me fisrt. Was this truck carrying McCarthys millions to his house and it overweighed it?

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Wilftop says...
4:47pm Fri 30 Jan 09

Sorry where is the story,

It's not like it was on the road it was on a Southern Water Site.


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Charlie C says...
4:54pm Fri 30 Jan 09

I see potholes in the roads around here the same size as that.

The driver behind must think i'm drunk seeing me swerving to avoid the craters.

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jaygee says...
5:40pm Fri 30 Jan 09

first thing is suspend the driver as there could have been anything behind him and he didnt even bother to look,secondly make him take his hgv test again as he is obviously an incompetent driver.idiot.and suspended without pay.

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jrowlandstuart says...
6:06pm Fri 30 Jan 09

From the article - it implies the hole formed as he drove over it - i.e. something had undercut the roadside. A non-story really...

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feline1 says...
6:56pm Fri 30 Jan 09

Clearly this accident was the fault of rogue cyclists, riding on the pavement.

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Tye says...
8:12pm Fri 30 Jan 09

feline1 wrote:
Clearly this accident was the fault of rogue cyclists, riding on the pavement.
Exactly, not anyone who adverises regularly with the Argus

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SimonS says...
8:49pm Fri 30 Jan 09

jaygee wrote:
first thing is suspend the driver as there could have been anything behind him and he didnt even bother to look,secondly make him take his hgv test again as he is obviously an incompetent driver.idiot.and suspended without pay.
First thing to do when replying to an article is to check your facts before spurting off and sounding like a judgemental idiot.

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fussy galore says...
9:49pm Fri 30 Jan 09

did you not read what the southern water spokesman said? It wasnt a hole, oh no, far too common darling; it was a 'void.' To the likes of you an' me thats a posh 'ole!!

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Dave At Home says...
9:59pm Fri 30 Jan 09

Was it a stunt?

Are Southern Water trying to tell us something? Maybe they need some more money and they want a stunt like this to prove 'voids' can happen anywhere, and we are going to pay for it.

code word rain tend lol

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GreenGrocer says...
10:32pm Fri 30 Jan 09

I tell you now, it was moles, mark my words, huge giant earth gobbling moles!

watch out they don't come to a road near you soon!

security word "moles-aagh-moles!"

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TheInsider says...
11:53pm Fri 30 Jan 09

Try cycling up Baker Street in Brighton and you will see some holes.
It's like the Albion defence along there.

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The Garden Slug says...
9:41am Sat 31 Jan 09

Daniel Odonel wrote:
oooh ooh me fisrt. Was this truck carrying McCarthys millions to his house and it overweighed it?
May be you mean the McCan millions, money raised to find Maddy, but nearly £1,000,000 still in the bank today (ref Wednesdays Daily Mail)

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mruno says...
5:45pm Sat 31 Jan 09

TheInsider, Brighton says...
11:53pm Fri 30 Jan 09
Try cycling up Baker Street in Brighton and you will see some holes.
It's like the Albion defence along

Please do not cycle up Baker street, you will be going against the trafic, IT IS A ONE WAY STREET.

Security word uphill - gardener

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