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Pedestrians narrowly avoid injury as scaffold topples in Chelmsford
A scaffold collapsed on 26th August on a Chelmsford shopping parade in Essex. There were no injuries. The incident was triggered when a lorry crashed into the scaffolding. The vehicle struck the structure as it was undertaking a manoeuvre on the adjacent road.
A witness said:
“I thought there was going to be a punch-up. The lorry driver gave his details to the man in the Indian takeaway, but he said part of the scaffolding was sticking out too far and into the side street. He said it was the scaffolding company’s fault.”
The scaffolding contractor said:
“Tell him to say that to my face. There’s nothing wrong with my scaffolding. He got into the side street all right, so why couldn’t he get out? It’s all the driver’s fault. It was really dangerous and could have hit someone.
Why did the driver run off so quickly if he hadn’t done anything wrong?”