Tonnes of chopped wood spilled across a busy Colchester road after a trailer clipped a roundabout.

Lost load - the 11-tonne spillage of logs on the Ipswich Road roundabout in Colchester. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK (46395-1)

The accident happened at the junction of Ipswich Road and St Andrew's Avenue yesterday morning.

The driver of a tractor pulling 11 tonnes of tree surgeon cuttings had to swerve to avoid another car and clipped the roundabout.

PC Paul Barry, of Stanway traffic police, said: "He took avoiding action and clipped the roundabout and lost his load.

"The driver of the other vehicle failed to stop and may not have been aware of the accident."

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Published Tuesday, November 22, 2005

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