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HGV driver issued with seven points following near miss on Mersey Gateway

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08:40 18/11/2020

The driver of a chemical tanker that overturned in Widnes and narrowly avoided spilling its hazardous contents onto the road has been issued with seven penalty points.

David Irvine appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Monday 26 October after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention.

The 30-year-old, of Avonlea Gardens, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, was also handed a £660 fine and ordered to pay £100 court costs and a £66 victim surcharge.

The court heard that Irvine was driving a HGV tanker off the Mersey Gateway slip road when the incident occurred at around 3pm on Wednesday 6 May.

As he drove around the roundabout, he failed to take into account the fact that there were 27,000 litres of a sodium hypochlorite solution in the tanker.

As a result of his driving, the vehicle overturned, narrowly missing a number of men who were working on the Bridge Construction site.

The incident caused serious damage to the HGV, but fortunately the tanker was not breached and its contents did not spill onto the road.

PC James Shrimpton, of Cheshire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit, said: “Thankfully emergency services were able to avert a major chemical incident by co-coordinating the operation between Cheshire Police, Specialist Fire Officers, Recovery Agents and Mersey Gateway staff” .

“However, the incident still resulted in serious delays for local residents, forcing a major route into Widnes to close for several hours, it also caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.

“This incident highlights the fact that a momentary lapse in attention behind the wheel can have serious consequences.

“Fortunately, in this case everyone involved was able to escape without suffering any serious injuries.”

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane said: “Road safety is one of my top priorities and I know how much it means to local residents. Most people will have been affected at some time by injury or death caused by road traffic collisions.

“Thankfully, in this case, there were no serious injuries. However, the outcome could have been far worse.

“I would like to thank all of the officers, and other emergency services staff, who attended the collision and put their lives at risk to prevent what could have potentially been a major incident.”

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