Overturned lorry blocks York's A1237 outer ring road near Poppleton Park

11:06am Saturday 4th July 2009 in News Photograph of the Author By Gavin Aitchison, gavin.aitchison@thepress.co.uk

The scene of the overturned lorry accident on York's A1237 outer ring road The scene of the overturned lorry accident on York's A1237 outer ring road

A lorry driver was taken to York Hospital after his wagon overturned on the city's bypass.

The accident happened at the Poppleton Park roundabout at about 8.10am today.

Police, firefighters and medics rushed to the scene and the A1237 was sealed off.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was also called but not used.

The road remains partially closed.


* See Monday's Press for further details and pictures.

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Comments(20)

Garrowby Turnoff says...
4:29pm Sat 4 Jul 09

I can't see the lorry in the picture. Was it a massive 40 tonner carrying nuclear missiles to warrant a chopper and all the blues and twos? Hope the driver is OK and not too overwhelmed by emergency personnel.

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grumps44 says...
8:01pm Sat 4 Jul 09

Although I have every sympathy for the driver I do feel however that the police could have done more to help with the flow of traffic on such a major road. Why wasn't low poppleton lane opened to help relieve the traffic or police officers helping to divert traffic like they used to in the "good old days". Just a suggestion!

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Sawday2 says...
8:38pm Sat 4 Jul 09

Ooo-er an accident. Let's close the road for hours and hours and hours...
Oh for the 'good old days' - better get the road cleared asap so that traffic can move again.

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cobra45 says...
9:43pm Sat 4 Jul 09

I have seen Lorrys go round that roundabout as some speed so it dosn't suprise me. Same happen at the roundabout near desighner outlet not long ago. That was down to speed.Speeding round corner and load shifted, thus tipping lorry over.

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Jigsaw-13 says...
10:04pm Sat 4 Jul 09

Garrowby Turnoff wrote:
I can't see the lorry in the picture. Was it a massive 40 tonner carrying nuclear missiles to warrant a chopper and all the blues and twos? Hope the driver is OK and not too overwhelmed by emergency personnel.
Can't see it on picture, but driving past it at 2 this morning it was right down the bank behind some trees. Must have proper lost it.

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dont give a monkeys says...
3:05pm Sun 5 Jul 09

He must have proper caned it round the roundabout, and if it is due to poor driving, is the driver/ lorry company going to pay for the cost of the emergency services?

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again says...
5:58pm Sun 5 Jul 09

dont give a monkeys wrote:
He must have proper caned it round the roundabout, and if it is due to poor driving, is the driver/ lorry company going to pay for the cost of the emergency services?
Now there's a can of worms! Fancy making people responsible for their own actions on the road.. It'll never happen.

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LittleTed says...
6:04pm Sun 5 Jul 09

Gawd! There is some real sad'o' poorly thought out comments on here!

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hardup365 says...
7:44pm Sun 5 Jul 09

Bet he was using the mobile in one hand and steering with the other, watch any roundabout on the ring road any day and you will see HGVs and motorists flying across the roundabout with the mobile in one hand

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MarkW says...
7:54pm Sun 5 Jul 09

Lol - you lot are so judgemental. How do you know the driver wasn't avoiding a child on a bike. Perhaps wait for the facts to emerge before taking your predjudices for walkies... ;-p

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madness31 says...
8:04pm Sun 5 Jul 09

Jigsaw-13 how did you manage to see the lorry in a ditch this morning at 2am when the accident didn't happen untill 8.10am!! Perhaps you should take up fortune telling??

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Budgie says...
9:27pm Sun 5 Jul 09

MarkW,the driver missing a chld on a bike,you jest, never seen a child on a bike on that roundabout ever and who would let a child ride a bike on the ring road. There was an error of driving and the police managed the accident badly,resulting in chaos for hours on the surrounding roads.

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Jigsaw-13 says...
8:30am Mon 6 Jul 09

madness31 wrote:
Jigsaw-13 how did you manage to see the lorry in a ditch this morning at 2am when the accident didn't happen untill 8.10am!! Perhaps you should take up fortune telling??
2 in the afternoon then. Can't edit comments on here.

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Jadellas says...
9:50am Mon 6 Jul 09

That was my son that was trapped in that lorry for 1 hour. You lot should be a shamed of yourselves that have left nasty hurtful comments like that. The air ambulance was called because they thought he might have lost both legs. He is 23 years of age. He was carrying tar and gas bottles. The engine could not be switched off. The weight of the lorry and the tar collapsed on him when the lorry overturned as he went round the roundabout. All the family are distraught. We do not want to see other people pathic opinions who have no idea of the situation involved. I hope you never have to go through the pain and suffering that we are all going through at the moment.

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aegj says...
12:12pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Hi I agree. i was watching your son being cut out of the wagon, i was at the farm were the lorry went into the field with the lady who owns the farm, and it was dreadful we felt so much for him and prayed he was ok
people are so inconsiderate, different if it was there own eh! we were relieved when we found out he was poorly but ok.

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MarkW says...
5:09pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Like I said earlier - wait for the facts. Hope your son gets well soon jadellas.

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notallthere says...
8:56pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Re - closing roads etc. For all the nay Sayers belittleing the services doing their jobs; say for example is was one of your loved ones/partners trapped or maybe even dead! Well I'm sure you would want them to find out every fine detail of the occurance. Patience is a virtue!

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banjo32 says...
12:03am Tue 7 Jul 09

Now then folkes i drive a truck around york and i go round that roundabout at least ten times a day. It should be marked up as a accident black spot if i had a pound for every time that lamp post had been knocked down i would be a rich man and as far as i can remember this is the first time a trck has taken it down it's usually some hot head who cant wait and is undertaking some one To jadellas i hope your son is ok and he makes a speedy recovery

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kez6830 says...
6:24am Wed 8 Jul 09

I can't belive the comments that narrow minded people are making on here. You should be ashamed of yourselfs. Thats my cousin that was being cut out that lorry and we're lucky to still have him.
You can all guess at what happened that day and make judgements but thats all they are, GUESS'S at what happened. You would all be stating differently if it was you or one of your family wouldn't you?
And as for some of you moaning about the bloody road being shut off aint it safer to shut a road and save a live rather than open it and risk more lives.
And one final thing for you selfish people to think about, just remember when you involved in a serious accident and the emergency services have to come to your aid actually how much money is being wasted on you; as some people clearly think it was wasted here.

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joanne8087 says...
11:56am Wed 8 Jul 09

You guys make me sick. Your first thought are its obviously the drivers fault, he was speeding or on his mobile. Have you no respect for the lads family. Did none of you think how serious the accident was to have to have all the medical resources out. Obviously not all you could think was oh what a waste of time money and resources and what a inconvience. I only hope that if you have to go through anything like this that people show you some consideration not that you deserve any. Maybe next time you wont be so quick to jump to conclusions and spare a few mins and think about who is involved.

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