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Moment 20 mattresses blow off a truck onto busy motorway caught on camera
MORE than 20 mattresses are seen blowing off a truck on to a busy motorway.
Cameras on a nearby lorry captured the cage springing open, unleashing its comfy cargo.
SWNSTraffic swerved to avoid the beds, strewn across the London-bound carriageway of the M20 near Ashford, Kent[/caption]
SWNSCameras on a nearby lorry captured the cage springing open, unleashing its comfy cargo[/caption]
Traffic swerved to avoid the beds, strewn across the London-bound carriageway of the M20 near Ashford, Kent.
One driver said: “I had to go out to the fast lane to avoid them.
“They could so easily have caused an accident.”
This latest spillage was the second incident to block part of the M20 between the two junctions in the space of a week.
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On Tuesday two lanes were also closed overnight after a lorry spilled 200 litres of diesel on the road heading east.
The road needed resurfacing work after the incident and both lanes remained closed overnight.
Motorists faced delays of around an hour on the coastbound carriageway following the spillage, also near Ashford.
Operation Brock contraflow will stay in place between junctions 8 and 9 until after the May Day Bank Holiday, highways bosses confirmed last week.
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The system is designed to keep traffic on the M20 and other roads in Kent moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel.
