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Feb 2022
Delivery van gets stuck on Harrogate's Stray after attempting shortcut
A delivery van got stuck in the mud on The Stray in Harrogate when it attempted to take a shortcut over the grass last weekend.
A Harrogate woman captured the images of the beached vehicle during Saturday afternoon's snowfall.
Tyre tracks indicate the van attempted to bypass the recent road closure on Beech Grove by mounting the Stray. But the ruse backfired when the vehicle sunk in the mud shortly before it was able to rejoin the highway.
Beech Grove closed to through traffic a year ago on an 18-month trial basis.
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Helen, who declined to reveal her surname, captured the incident while walking. She said other vehicles had performed the same cross-country detour, adding:
She has notified North Yorkshire County Council, the highways authority, about the incident as well as the parks department at Harrogate Borough Council and sent photos of previous damage.
Read more:
- Stray Views: Beech Grove LTN 'a brilliant update' to Harrogate
- New Beech Grove sign to stop cars driving on Stray
- Beech Grove closure officially extended until August 2022
Urgent investigation
A DPD spokesman said:
Other photos of the incident, sent separately, reveal the tyre tracks of multiple vehicles that have attempted a similar manoeuvre, cutting across a public footpath in the process.
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