Broken potatoes! Moment truck with thousands of potatoes crashed into a garden and overturned
- A dump truck overturned after a collision on the A40 in Greenford, west London.
- The truck crashed into two more cars before spilling thousands of potatoes on the front garden
- The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that there were no victims, the cars were seized.
This is the moment when a truck loaded with thousands of potatoes crashed into a garden in west London last night, narrowly missing a house.
Tons of potatoes were strewn outside a property in Greenford after a heavy truck collided with another vehicle on the A40.
A CCTV camera caught the dump truck flying off the main road and crashing into two parked cars.
Incredible footage captured the moment a potato truck crashed and overturned in front of a house in Greenford, West London last night after a collision.
Thousands of potatoes were strewn outside a property in Greenford after a truck collided with another vehicle on the A40.
Then he stops in the garden, just a few feet from the front of the terraced house.
The accident happened yesterday at about 19:00 on a residential section of the road.
Images posted on social media show emergency services, including the London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police.
Another vehicle, believed to be the van involved in the initial collision, lies among the potatoes.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that there were no reports of any major injuries and all vehicles have since been found.
Images posted on social media show emergency services, including the London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police, at the incident.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that there were no reports of serious injuries. The London Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
A spokesman said: “Police were called at approximately 7:00 pm on Monday, March 21st following a report of a truck-vehicle collision on the A40 in Greenford. No reports of any major injuries.
In an update this morning, the Met said all vehicles involved have been restored.
The investigation into the circumstances of the plane crash is “ongoing.”
It’s unclear what happened to the potatoes, although some residents joked that the spill could have provided “homemade chips for a lifetime”.