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Lowestoft collision sees two hurt after car crashes into trench

Lowestoft collision sees two hurt after car crashes into trench

BBC News17-07-2025
Two people have been injured after a collision led to a car falling into a gas mains trench.The emergency services were called to Corton Road in Lowestoft, Suffolk, to reports of a two-vehicle crash at 07:45 BST, before the road reopened at about midday.One of the cars involved crashed into a trench that had been dug out for gas mains work. The gas company Cadent said it was aware and that no mains pipelines had been ruptured.Jane Platt, 60, of nearby Gunton Drive, said she heard "an enormous crash".
"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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