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Milkman taken to hospital after lorry crash

October 23, 2012

A milkman has been taken to hospital after his float crashed into the back of a parked lorry in Thames Valley Park at the end of the A329(M) in the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters had to contend with gallons of spilt milk and broken glass as they freed the driver who was trapped in the cab of the milk float after colliding with the back of the articulated lorry.

The driver was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital with suspected head injuries.

Teams from Wokingham Road, Caversham Road and a heavy rescue unit from Dee Road were sent to the incident which happened in Thames Valley Park Drive at around 2am.

Crew manager Che Scott, from Wokingham Road fire station, said: "We aren't sure how it happened and it's not for us to speculate. All we know is that he was driving along one minute and trapped under the back of the lorry the next.

"There was a lot of milk and a lot of broken glass."

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I hope the driver is alright but all i can picture is the Father Ted Speed 3 episode! Are we sure that Dougal wasn't behind this?

Mistwalker
24/10/2012 at 11:16

I wonder if he will try and cream off some compensation

The Racing Snake
23/10/2012 at 18:20

I heard the road has been renamed in his honour as Milky Way

Big P, Reading
23/10/2012 at 16:21

I'm not reading all of these comments. Can they be condensed?

Let's hope that the milkman's digits on his feet were not damaged so much that they had to be amputated, thus leading him to be shunned by the community. There are so many people in this country who are Lactose Intollerant.

Paul Daniels' reattached finger.
23/10/2012 at 16:06

Now how does a milk float that travels at 5mph crash into a stationary lorry???

Perhaps this is the gold top standard of milkman

The Racing Snake
23/10/2012 at 14:24

Sounds like being a Milkman is a smashing job.

Paul Daniels' reattached finger.
23/10/2012 at 13:37

These comments have made an otherwise dreary Autumn day, very bright! LOL ....

Cheryl Cool
23/10/2012 at 13:27

"Now Ernie had a rival, an evil looking van (soz, I know it was a lorry but it don't ryhme)called 2 ton Ted from Teddington who drove the baker's van (lorry)"