
Lowestoft collision sees two hurt after car crashes into trench
"I went back into the bedroom, I thought a wardrobe had fallen on to my husband or something and he was absolutely fine," she said."A little while later he went out and phoned me up to say go to the end of the road and look, and you'll see what the crash was."
Geoff May, 68, and his wife Jane May, 60, also both live on Gunton Drive."Our dog reacted to the crash and we just thought it was the lorries turning up to start work there," Mr May said."It was another half an hour before we looked out the window and saw all the commotion."Mrs May added: "It is a sight, you've got to see it to believe it really."The ambulance and fire service were also called to the scene. The road remained closed while recovery of the vehicles involved was ongoing.
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