UPDATED: Tractor trailer overturns on Poole roundabout

1:40pm Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News

Picture: Jon Beal Picture: Jon Beal

AN overturned trailer spewed tonnes of wood chippings on the pavement outside Poole's Dolphin Shopping Centre this morning.

Fortunately no-one was walking along the pavement at the time and there were no taxis waiting in the rank on the George Roundabout.

The trailer turned on its side, blocking the entrance to the taxi rank. The chipped conifers rained down on the pavement, their force buckling the railings.

Tractor driver Peter Cox was driving the eight tonne trailer from Parkstone Golf Course to Wimborne when the incident happened.

“I was coming round the roundabout and it just went,” he said. “Before I could do anything it was too late and it was gone.”

He added: “If the trailer hadn't come away from the tractor, it would have turned the tractor over as well.”

The tractor kept going, coming to a halt further round the roundabout.

Dolphin Centre staff were quickly on the scene with brooms to clear a path through for shoppers.

Eye-witness Philip Gray, 47, from Parkstone said he moved back when he saw it coming. “I could see it was going to tip over,” he said. “There was no-one in the way.”

Poole Daily Echo front office staff also heard the bang and saw the trailer slew across the road and come to a halt infront of them.

“I heard a noise,” said Pam Orchard. “All of a sudden I saw the container just literally drifting towards me, I could hear it falling. It banged onto the pavement and luckily there was nobody there. What a mess.”

Colleague Marie Stuart said: “I heard an almighty crash. I thought it was a car crash. It could have been a lot worse.”

Traffic was still flowing freely around the roundbout at lunchtime as a gang of men with spades started to clear up the spilt chippings although More Bus were reporting delays to all their services from Poole Bus Station.

Comments(23)

darkphnx says...
11:30am Wed 9 Jan 13

Better reduce the speed limit on the roundabout.

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adamcooke says...
11:32am Wed 9 Jan 13

They're going to need a bigger broom!

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speedy231278 says...
11:45am Wed 9 Jan 13

Quick! Send the camera car out and get them for incorrect parking!!

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Melanie.Read12 says...
11:55am Wed 9 Jan 13

It's made a right mess that one, but at least the council won't have to re-mulch the border plants in the spring now.

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Holes Bay Curve says...
12:24pm Wed 9 Jan 13

Good job the guy in the tractor doesn't drive buses.

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funkyferret says...
1:52pm Wed 9 Jan 13

"Do you want chips with that..?"

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l'anglais says...
2:01pm Wed 9 Jan 13

funkyferret wrote:
"Do you want chips with that..?"
It really isn't the time or the plaice

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suzigirl says...
2:33pm Wed 9 Jan 13

You just wooden believe it!

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John T says...
3:17pm Wed 9 Jan 13

l'anglais wrote:
funkyferret wrote:
"Do you want chips with that..?"
It really isn't the time or the plaice
Yeah, I have always thought the Dolphin Centre is a plaice with no sole.

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Pezza1040 says...
4:25pm Wed 9 Jan 13

Eye-witness Philip Gray, 47, from Parkstone said he moved back when he saw it coming. “I could see it was going to tip over,” he said. “There was no-one in the way.”

If you could see it was going to tip over why didn't you inform the tractor driver of his unsteady trailer before this accident happened.
Either the echo has made you sound like an idiot, your psychic or you haven't chosen your words very well!!

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lionheart says...
4:51pm Wed 9 Jan 13

Any pedestrian in the way of that wood have had their chips!

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jemima36 says...
4:56pm Wed 9 Jan 13

"If you could see it was going to tip over why didn't you inform the tractor driver of his unsteady trailer before this accident happened."

How do you inform a tractor driver, he isnt going to be paying much attention to a pedestrian on the side of a roundabout behind a barrier and small trees?

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John T says...
4:57pm Wed 9 Jan 13

lionheart wrote:
Any pedestrian in the way of that wood have had their chips!
Mind you, the insurance company would have said it was a con if.. er they thought they could get out of paying any claim!

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paul.p says...
12:41am Thu 10 Jan 13

Maybe the Tractor driver needs a new sat-nav....Parkstone Golf course to the George roundabout then to Wimborne...ex Taxi driver maybe?

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uvox44 says...
9:27am Thu 10 Jan 13

wonder the whole lot didn't go up in flames from a discarded cigarette as Poole seems to be in a 70's time warp as far as everyone seems to be (illegally) smoking in the bus station and surrounding area, looks like an episode of Life on Mars down there! It would be difficult to find a more unhealthy population if you tried..

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yesbut says...
1:25pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Looks like someone's been barking up the wrong tree to me

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MMM444 says...
2:45pm Thu 10 Jan 13

jemima36 wrote:
"If you could see it was going to tip over why didn't you inform the tractor driver of his unsteady trailer before this accident happened."

How do you inform a tractor driver, he isnt going to be paying much attention to a pedestrian on the side of a roundabout behind a barrier and small trees?
Well said jemima36, got to be the comment of the year that has, What a muppet

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Dorset Logic says...
3:08pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Pezza1040 says...
4:25pm Wed 9 Jan 13

If you could see it was going to tip over why didn't you inform the tractor driver of his unsteady trailer before this accident happened......


I agree - he should have run into the dolphin centre and got the security tapes of outside, then he should have gone to the civic centre police station and using the police software look at the tapes and check to see who the driver was. Once he'd done that, he could have, looked up the correct mobile number and told the driver that his trailer was tipping over and that he should get out and stop it from falling over. Mind you he would have had to have done it fairly quick.

Muppet x2

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roamer100 says...
7:50pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Should a tractor (agricultural machinery) really be allowed to drive through a town centre? These machines are not build with any pedestrian safety in mind like modern cars. they should stick to the farm where they are designed for. Surely the load could have been moved with a lorry designed for the road.

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Curly Jefferson says...
9:18pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Dorset Logic wrote:
Pezza1040 says...
4:25pm Wed 9 Jan 13

If you could see it was going to tip over why didn't you inform the tractor driver of his unsteady trailer before this accident happened......


I agree - he should have run into the dolphin centre and got the security tapes of outside, then he should have gone to the civic centre police station and using the police software look at the tapes and check to see who the driver was. Once he'd done that, he could have, looked up the correct mobile number and told the driver that his trailer was tipping over and that he should get out and stop it from falling over. Mind you he would have had to have done it fairly quick.

Muppet x2
Instead of doing that, it would be much more amusing to go and find a giant model of a hamster and place it onto the pile of chippings..

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Dorset Logic says...
11:18am Fri 11 Jan 13

Some people never seem to get over others smoking, must cause internal damage the stress of others smoking even if you dont breath in their smoke. Please seek treatment to help you get over it.. p.s I dont smoke and I couldnt give a flying f about people smoking at the bus station, better that than on the bus like you could once. LIGHTEN UP

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uvox44 says...
8:26pm Fri 11 Jan 13

hmm Dorset Logic you might need to get some therapy as you seem to be getting very worked up over someone elses concerns- personally it doesn't bother me that much what others get worked up about- LIGHTEN UP YOURESLF!

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MMM444 says...
6:44am Sat 12 Jan 13

uvox44 wrote:
hmm Dorset Logic you might need to get some therapy as you seem to be getting very worked up over someone elses concerns- personally it doesn't bother me that much what others get worked up about- LIGHTEN UP YOURESLF!
Calm YOURSELF! down uvox4
LIGHTEN UP

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