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Road reopens after lorry got stuck under bridge

News imageBBC The photo shows a yellow forklift, on the back of a blue lorry trailer, apparently wedged underneath a bridge. Police tape can be seen in the background, as can a billboard on the side of a building.BBC
Photos shared online show the vehicle stuck under Honeybourne Railway Bridge

A main road has reopened after a lorry carrying a forklift truck got stuck under a railway bridge on Thursday morning.

Gloucestershire County Council confirmed the A4019 in Cheltenham, near Tewkesbury Road and the High Street, was opened on Friday afternoon.

Photographs showed how the forklift had become wedged under the bridge.

Cheltenham Borough Council confirmed the railway bridge has also now reopened.

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