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Overtaking Bin Lorries "Dangerous" Says Council After Merstone Crash

Photograph is a still image taken from the vehicle camera on the stationary truck involved in the collision today at Merstone, moments after the blue car drove into the rear of the truck.

The Isle of Wight Council claims a crash involving one of its bin lorries was caused by a driver attempting to "overtake".

The local authority is urging drivers to "just slow down, be patient, and take extra care" when passing waste trucks.

It follows a collision between a vehicle and a stationary waste truck near Merstone today (Thursday), as Isle of Wight Radio previously reported.

Natasha Dix, the council's waste and environment manager, said:

"Overtaking a waste truck in the wrong place could cost a life - your own life, the life of a pedestrian, or one of our workers.  

"I realise it can be frustrating to wait for the vehicle to move on, but it isn't worth the risk. 

"I am so grateful that nobody was seriously hurt in the incident today, but this is the fourth accident like this we have seen since November, where somebody has tried to overtake a bin truck.

"So if you see one of our vehicles ahead - on either side of the road - please, just slow down, be patient, and take extra care.  

"It could save your life."

Police said no one was hurt in the incident.

A spokesperson said:

"We were called at 11.47am with reports of a collision on Merstone Lane involving a BMW and a lorry.

"No-one has been reported injured."

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