…that someone wedged a truck under this bridge at Ely this morning 
No doubt one of the over night pallet trucks… 
no doubt it was a transit or similar, a truck would nearly go over the top of it as it is so low LOL 
Truck sounds better in the story though 
That bridge would decapitate a truck driver
merc0447:
That bridge would decapitate a truck driver
If he is stupid enough to try and get under it decapitation is probably the best thing that could happen, for the safety of the rest of us in the future. 
look like it was a van
205:
look like it was a van
good job it was a van - the respect from joe public remains intact - just., the radio was on in the back ground in car and i heard “a lorry has got wedged under a railway bridge on the A142 at Ely” i turned to the wife and said after i had heard it.
" how the bloody hell the lorry driver managed that i dont know - you cant miss the warning signs" 
like someone said above say its a lorry and it sounds better, a van just sounds borning 
My auld man was a postie for decades (retired now) and used to do his rounds in an Austin J4, not the tallest van in the world. As he came off this particular estate there was a VERY low bridge, can’t remember how high now but in the order of 6-7 feet I think. One day he got a new BMC van to do the round. This was a MUCH higher van. Well, it was at the start of the day! 
My efforts to extract humour from the situation went unrewarded!
I used to live in Ely and remember as a kid that things were always hitting that bridge, but like someone said the warning signs there now are impossible to miss… makes the mind boggle how people can hit it now
Someone must remember the old up and over bridge at Gyme Corner, it caught several drivers out when the old gates were closed.
A friends Dad was driving for a local tyre company collecting used casings. He was very proud of his new Bedford CF with a luton body. One morning he tried to save a couple of minutes, the van caught fire the tyres were destroyed, the bridge and crossing was closed for hours while they did structural surveys. Poor old John, it was funny at the time though. 