© Greater Manchester Police Careless car transporter driver chops roof off brand new Range Rover
A reckless driver of a car transporter has taken the roof off a brand-new Range Rover in transit, while damaging another.
Images posted online by Greater Manchester Police’s traffic feed shows the aftermath of the incident on the M61 near to Farnworth and Walkden that took place on Wednesday morning, which
transformed a Range Rover Velar into the models first convertible version.A reckless driver of a car transporter has taken the roof off a brand-new Range Rover in transit, while damaging another.
Images posted online by Greater Manchester Police’s traffic feed shows the aftermath of the incident on the M61 near to Farnworth and Walkden that took place on Wednesday morning, which
Along with the roofless SUV, another Range Rover model was also damaged and a Green Flag recovery vehicle appears to have been a helpless victim of falling debris from the transporter.
An accompanying tweet for the images from GMP’s traffic feed said: “One from yesterday – #M61 Motorway, car transporter driver fails to lower top deck and collides with bridge resulting in turning this Range Rover into a none factory build convertible! Driver reported for due care.
An accompanying tweet for the images from GMP’s traffic feed said: “One from yesterday – #M61 Motorway, car transporter driver fails to lower top deck and collides with bridge resulting in turning this Range Rover into a none factory build convertible! Driver reported for due care.
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It’s not clear where the Range Rover vehicles were heading, although the visible delivery packaging on the exposed interior of the Velar suggests they were customer-bound. A man as has been issued with a ticket for driving without due care and attention following the incident.
A statement from Greater Manchester Police said: “Police were called at 9.55am on Wednesday 25 April 2018 to reports of a collision at junction 4 of the M61 southbound, near to Farnworth and Walkden.
It’s not clear where the Range Rover vehicles were heading, although the visible delivery packaging on the exposed interior of the Velar suggests they were customer-bound. A man as has been issued with a ticket for driving without due care and attention following the incident.
A statement from Greater Manchester Police said: “Police were called at 9.55am on Wednesday 25 April 2018 to reports of a collision at junction 4 of the M61 southbound, near to Farnworth and Walkden.
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“A transporter collided with a bridge and in turn caused damage to the vehicle behind. A man has been issued with a ticket for driving without due care and attention.”
“A transporter collided with a bridge and in turn caused damage to the vehicle behind. A man has been issued with a ticket for driving without due care and attention.”
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