Lorry falls on to police car on motorway in strong winds
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This is the moment a lorry crushed a police car as it was blown over by strong winds.
The officer in the patrol vehicle had been called to the A1 in Scotland where another HGV had toppled over between two carriageways.
But as he was carrying out a “scene protection” on the busy stretch of road between Haddington and Dunbar, an even bigger lorry blew over and crushed his car.
Footage of the incident was shared on Twitter by Chief Superintendent Stewart Carle, head of the road policing unit, who said the officer, named Sergeant Easton, was “as cool as a cucumber” as he reported the incident.
Mr Carle said the sergeant inside the car was calm as he called and said: “We need to close the A1 now: a lorry has just toppled on to my patrol car. And I just polished it yesterday!”
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Mr Carle added: “I nearly spilt my mug of tea but was quickly reassured when told the BMW was a ‘64 plate!”
A Police Scotland spokeswoman confirmed no-one was seriously injured in the incident on Tuesday morning, which closed the road until about 10pm.
It was the second incident recorded of lorries toppling over on the road due to severe weather on Tuesday.
Two other HGVs were travelling along the A1 when they toppled over on another section of the road in East Lothian earlier on Tuesday morning.
Again there were no reports of any injuries.
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