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Farming vehicle hangs from bridge on A34 in Oxfordshire | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
Efforts are continuing to remove a farming vehicle left hanging from a bridge on one of Oxfordshire's busiest roads. | |
The forage harvester collided with a lorry before crashing through a barrier on the A34 southbound at the Pear Tree Interchange at 13:40 BST. | |
The southbound A34 is closed while the recovery team carry out the work and diversions are in place. | The southbound A34 is closed while the recovery team carry out the work and diversions are in place. |
Drivers are advised to avoid the area and take alternative routes. | Drivers are advised to avoid the area and take alternative routes. |
Insp Colin Clark, from Thames Valley Police's Roads Policing Units, said they had no choice but to close the road. | Insp Colin Clark, from Thames Valley Police's Roads Policing Units, said they had no choice but to close the road. |
"There was a danger if it had gathered momentum and gone through the barrier it would have gone down on to the entry slip court, causing further problems and obviously collisions," he said. | |
An eyewitness said: "It has nearly been pushed over the rails onto the slip road itself, so it's sort of dangling on the edge." | |
Nobody was injured in the collision. | Nobody was injured in the collision. |