Earlier this week, a lorry driver was given a lesson by the narrow roads of a small town in Cornwall in the UK, causing him to get stuck with his 40-plus tonne load. After turning in the wrong direction earlier, the assembly transporting the seeds could not continue forward or backward, so it could only continue its journey in one direction: up.


After the complete shipment was unloaded, the empty 8-ton trailer was freed from the embrace of the houses with an 80-ton crane. The rescue work required not only diversions, but the electricity was also cut off in around 30 houses within the village. The stuck truck was idle for more than three days, until Wednesday. It was not clear whether the driver would be punished for ignoring the signs that warned that the road would not be suitable for heavier vehicles.

In connection with the case, the BBC noted that the current one was not the first similar case: 17 years ago, in November 2007, a truck got stuck in the same place, and a power outage was ordered even then, but because at that time most of the electric cables were still running in the air.