HGVs strike Midlands railway bridge three times in four days

A railway bridge was struck by lorries twice in a little over two hours, just four days after a third HGV had been left on its side at the same location. The bridge over Summer Lane at Erdington, which carries the Cross-City North line between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley, was hit at around 1000 on Tuesday January 7. The bridge had to be inspected by Network Rail before it could be reopened, after the driver failed to stop. But just two hours later, at 1210, a trailer’s roof was ripped off and left hanging over the road when a second lorry was driven into the bridge. The bridge was closed for a second time, reopening at 1345. The two incidents came soon after an HGV was left…

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