A container rolled over on the brentwood which joins the M25 and A12 roundabout earlier, stacked to the top with 32tons of carpet, apprently tried to beat the lights and was going too fast and rolled joining the slip road. Driver was ok but alot of blood. The police closed the roundabout and the road of out brentwood, they let me through as there was no other way to turn around and said i’d just have to wait, met two other drivers who were stuck there for 4-5hours.
Anyone else effected by this?
Luckily ,i was coming back to Southampton from Ipswich and heard it on radio 2,so i went down the A130 and got on the A13 and down to the M25,went straight thru with no hold ups…
I was trying to get to romford but forgot to turn the traffic button on, dont think there was a realistic way for getting there from my last drop anyway so in the end they just told to head back.
Was it a Roadways scanny?
At least the driver was OK,
How do you know it was Carpets? Guessing it was a sealed container cos we don’t export out useful in 40" containers?
If he had 32 ton in it he was overweight, not surprised it rolled.
knight:
If he had 32 ton in it he was overweight, not surprised it rolled.
Yeah thats what i thought when i was told 
. I drove down the road and waited behind the other two lorries, got out to have a chat with them and thats what one of them told me, he also said that you could get 3 points for every under-inflated tyre 
. Think it was a merc or an MAN unit in white but thats all i could see.
Planet rock traffic reports said it had 27 tons of carpets on you can make your own joke .They did come up with bad ones .Worst one was that should cover it then 
I heard all the emergency crews had to wipe their feet first before going near it!
I heard that the driver was up for the ax(minster)
Good job he isnt up for a shag (pile) then 
mind i should imagine he will get shagged by his boss.
Is the drivers nickname Speedy Gonzalez? Underlay, underlay!