Clare: Lorry crashes into pharmacy

The scene at Clare Pharmacy after a lorry struck the scaffolding on the front of the building.

Lauren Everitt Friday, May 31, 2013 4:44 PM

A lorry crashed into a pharmacy and scaffolding in a Suffolk town this morning.

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The incident took place in Well Lane, Clare, just after 8.50am, when the lorry collided with Clare Pharmacy, two other buildings and scaffolding.

The road was closed for a couple of hours to allow the lorry to be recovered and to assess structural damage.

A Suffolk police spokesman said: The scaffold was cleared, the buildings were okay and the road was opened by around 11.30am.

A spokeswoman at the pharmacy said workmen had been called out and had taken down all of the 30ft high scaffolding and that they had closed the shop but had reopened by noon. There was also minor damage to the building.

However, a campaign group trying to stop HGVs from driving through Clare has warned that an incident like this mornings was going to happen sooner or later but was relieved nobody was hurt.

Ironically it was a Co-op vehicle which was involved in the incident for the company had been praised by the Stour Valley Lorry Action Group (SVLAG) for listening to their pleas to stop HGVs driving through the historic town.

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