Month: <span>May 2017</span>

Around 1.00pm today, Monday 29 May 2017, a horsebox being towed towards Wellington on the A442 in Peplow, came unhooked from the vehicle towing it and overturned into a field. The trailer did not contain any animals, but at the time was being used to transport equipment. Thankfully, the box did not collied with any other vehicle and no-one was injured in the incident, though the driver who had been towing it was very shaken by the incident.
According to the driver of the car behind the horsebox, the trailer began sway after it ran over a pothole in the carriageway. It continued to sway until it broke away from the towing vehicle it, before overturning into a field on the right of the road about 500 yds. beyond the pothole.
The driver contacted the farmer who owns the field and he graciously undertook the recovery of it to the nearest gate. A section of the boundary fence to the field was damaged by the horsebox.

According to Shropshire Council’s Road Closure Details For Week Commencing 13 May 2017 bulletin, Rookery Lane, Marchamley will be closed from Tuesday 16 May for up to 28 days.
The closure will be effective between 08:00 and 17:30 each day, though it is not clear if this includes weekends. The reason given for the closure is “Resurfacing and civils”.
Pedestrian/dismounted cyclist/dismounted horse rider’s access through the closure area will be available.
The diversion route is described as, “Head south west towards Marchamley Wood, turn left,
turn left and head south towards Marchamley and vice versa.”
Below is a copy of the “diversion map” from the accompanying Diversion Maps For Road Closures Week Commencing 13 May 2017 file, though we have added the green arrow and text.