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Improper cargo security: reel ended up on pavement

An HGV driver was reported in Wales after one of the transported reels on his vehicle “broke loose" and ended up on the pavement.

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DVSA has reported a shocking cargo load discovered in Tamworth, South Wales. An HGV was transporting six reels but due to improper cargo securing one of the reels got loose, fell off the trailer and ended up on the pavement.

Photo credits @ DVSA Enforcement

As DVSA wrote, it was fortunate nobody had been killed.

The driver was reported.

“Shocking and highlights why we stop and enforce regulations on our roads in Staffordshire. This could have easily been a fatality,” said Staffordshire Police Roads Policing Unit, commenting on the incident on Twitter.


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