This is the moment locals were left stunned after a huge lorry got stuck trying to turn into a small Scottish street.
The crash caused huge delays in the Stranraer area earlier today.
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Footage shows the hapless trucker getting stuck after trying to make a sharp turn at the junction of Hanover Street and Hanover Square.
He believed his SatNav had taken him along the narrow street.
The blockage brought the entire city to a standstill for hours as recovery vehicles were called in for help.
But this isn’t the first time a rider has fallen victim to this particular tight corner – it’s the second time in just over two years that it’s happened in the same spot.
A few minutes after the recovery vehicle arrived, the injured driver was extracted and he was on his way.
A local told the Scottish Sun: ‘The whole Stranraer was locked down for hours, it’s a one way street so it looked like his sat nav had taken him down this street.
“His wheel went on the pavement, then he got stuck.
“There must be a sign to prevent heavy goods vehicles from going into town.
“He was just going back and forth and going nowhere.”
Stranraer is a popular hub for truckers due to its proximity to Cairnryan ferry port to Ireland.
Recently, we told how a Scottish woman narrowly avoided being crushed to death by a huge pile of wood falling from a lorry.
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The incident, which happened on Crieff’s Comrie Street on Monday afternoon, saw a woman narrowly escape after the huge timber load fell from the vehicle’s trailer.
And last month, in a separate incident, we told how a lorry crashed through a railing on the M90 amid fierce Storm Corrie winds.
The HGV broke the railing at Junction 1 of the M90 near Scotstoun at around 9pm on January 30.
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