Driver miraculously escapes injury after lorry overturns on Pearces Road near Whittlesey

A lucky lorry driver managed to escape injury this morning after his lorry overturned on Fenland back roads.

A lorry driver escaped injury after his truck crashed near Whittlesey this morning. Picture: Google Maps - Credit: Jo Stevens

Police and fire crews were called to Pearces Road at around 9.50am this morning (August 23) after the lorry crashed into a ditch.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Police said: "We were called at 9.53am today to reports of a road traffic collision on Pearces Road, Peterborough.

"Officers attended the scene together with firefighters.

"The collision involved one vehicle, a lorry, which had overturned. The driver was unharmed."

A lorry driver escaped injury after his truck crashed near Whittlesey this morning. Picture: Jo Stevens - Credit: Jo Stevens