{"id":787606,"date":"2026-09-30T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:42:08","slug":"lorry-driver-convicted-after-swallowfield-bridge-wrecked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787606\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorry driver convicted after Swallowfield bridge wrecked"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been convicted of driving a lorry without due care and attention after he drove into a brick bridge.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gowers, of Dunedin Road, Havering, was found guilty of striking the bridge in Swallowfield, Berkshire, on 11 February.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old was fined \u00a31,100, ordered to pay a \u00a3440 surcharge and \u00a3130 in costs, and given nine points on his driving licence in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court on 15 September. <\/p>\n

The vehicle smashed one side of the brick wall and forced a closure of the road for more than a fortnight. Work to repair it began on 28 September<\/a>, with a road closure required so that the parapet could be replaced safely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been convicted of driving a lorry without due care and attention after he drove into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}