PICTURES: Pick-up truck crashes into ditch in middle of A350 roundabout

Aerial photographs show a crashed vehicle in the middle of a Chippenham roundabout.

The grey Great Wall Steed smashed into a deep ditch on Chequers Roundabout, which connects the A350 with the A4, this morning (Thursday, 3 November).

The driver’s airbag was deployed in the rare brand of pick-up truck during the collision, which appears to have caused some front-end damage.

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The vehicle was abandoned by the driver, leaving it in the ditch – where it appears to be stuck on large rocks at the bottom. Recovery is expected to take place in the coming days.

A drone photograph shows the pick-up truck abandoned in the roundabout ditch
The vehicle remained in situ at 2pm, with recovery work expected to take place at a later date
The pick-up truck can be viewed in the ditch from the McDonald’s drive-thru

It’s not clear if another vehicle was involved in the incident, but a grey Mercedes was parked on the roundabout – thought to be providing help to the driver.

Nobody’s thought to have sustained any noteworthy injuries – and Wiltshire Police confirmed the incident has not been reported to them.

An item of road furniture, namely a directional sign, appeared to be damaged – however, it’s not clear if the damage was done during this collision or a previous one.

After all, the same thing happened on 18 October, when a car seemingly appeared to fail to negotiate the roundabout and ended up in the ditch.

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