Truck smashes into scaffolding to leave Lymm road shut

Police and firefighters were forced to shut off a road after a truck smashed into some scaffolding. Emergency services were called out The Cross in Lymm^[1] yesterday morning to reports of a collision.

And a cordon was put up while the road was shut during the height of Monday's incident. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service say the alarm was raised just after 11.40am - with a crew from Birchwood attending the scene.

A spokesperson said: "Firefighters were called to assist with an unsafe structure after a lorry collided with scaffolding around a building at The Cross.

"They applied a cordon around the shop front and nearby walkways, asking police to attend to close the road due to the unsafe scaffolding and building. The scaffolding company was also asked to attend. The incident was then handed over to police and the building owner."

A spokesman for Cheshire Police added: "Officers attended and the road was temporarily closed. The scaffolding company were called to the scene to make the structure safe."

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