Truck knocks down tree and phone cables

3:41pm Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in News By James Cox

The fallen tree in St Helena Road, Colchester, blocks in a resident and her car. The fallen tree in St Helena Road, Colchester, blocks in a resident and her car.

A TRUCK has collided with a tree which knocked over phone cables before falling on a car.

The DVLA tow truck hit the tree in St Helena Road, Colchester, at around 2pm on Tuesday.

Despite phone cables collapsing under the weight of the tree no residents complained of service disruption.

The tree caused scratches to a parked vehicle.

No one was injured and traffic was not impeded.

  • Full story in Wednesday's Gazette.

Comments(2)

Bert_Stimpson says...
4:22pm Tue 23 Oct 12

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

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Danno113 says...
11:46pm Tue 23 Oct 12

If a man is in a forest, and there's no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

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