Car wedged under lorry in three-way pile-up in Thurmaston Lane, Leicester

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Sunday, February 24, 2013
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The occupants of a car had a lucky escape after it became wedged under a lorry in a crash.

Emergency services were called to Thurmaston Lane on the A563 outer ring road, in Rushey Mead, Leicester, after reports of a collision involving two cars and a lorry.

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    Thurmaston Lane was closed for almost two hours while the road was cleared

The accident happened at about 7.45am on Saturday morning.

A fire service spokeswoman said: “The first informative message from our crew said it was a road traffic collision involving two cars and one heavy goods vehicle

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“No-one was trapped but one car was wedged under the lorry.”

She said they managed to free the car by 8.18am.

A police spokesman said: “No-one was injured in the collision.”

A section of the outer ring road was closed to traffic until the operation was complete and the road cleared.

It reopened at 9.39am.

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