A major incident has occurred on the B3174 Exeter Road into Ottery St Mary.
A Sainsbury’s lorry lies burning in the ditch near Straitgate Farm this morning, forced off the road after passing a builders merchant HGV travelling in the opposite direction.
Clearly, as we have said countless times before, there is insufficient width on parts of this road – the main road into and out of Ottery St Mary – for HGVs to comfortably pass each other.
It again shows why Aggregate Industries’ scheme to quarry Straitgate Farm and put another 200 HGV movements a day on this stretch of road is both nonsensical and dangerous.
This incident occurred in the same location as the permitted cattle crossing, which is also required as part of the company's plans.
Update for Exeter Road Ottery St Mary. The road will be closed for Several more hours. Please follow diversions and allow extra time for your journey. https://t.co/wwV6psnWjn
— Devon Alert (@DevonAlert) July 25, 2023
DevonLive report: "Sainsbury's lorry destroyed by huge fire with Devon road to remain shut for hours. Reports suggest the lorry was forced off the road by another oncoming HGV."
Lorry catches fire after leaving road https://t.co/2IOLfJahGe
— Spotlight (@BBCSpotlight) July 25, 2023
