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Trailer load of scrap metal strewn across the busy stretch of A420 in afternoon crash

byDaniel Jae Webb
14 March 2018 • 3.46pm
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A lorry’s trailer has overturned on the A420 just outside Swindon this afternoon.

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The crash, which also involved a car, meant that the vehicle’s entire load of scrap metal has been strewn across the busy stretch of road causing a full closure from around 3pm.

The road’s shut between B4508 Majors Road and Little Coxwell.

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