{"id":800971,"date":"2026-10-13T06:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800971\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:40:13","slug":"main-road-cordoned-off-as-pets-at-home-lorry-wedged-under-railway-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800971\/","title":{"rendered":"Main road cordoned off as Pets at Home lorry wedged under railway bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The HGV collided with the bridge and has become stuck<\/p>\n

A lorry has collided with a railway bridge in Walkden this evening (October 12) (Image: ASP)<\/p>\n

A main road in Salford has been taped off tonight (October 12) after an HGV lorry collided with a railway bridge.<\/p>\n

The vehicle, a Pets at Home lorry, appears to have become stuck after colliding with a railway bridge on Memorial Road in Walkden<\/a>, close to Walkden station.<\/p>\n

Photos from the scene show the road has been cordoned off with police, the fire service and Network Rail operatives in attendance.<\/p>\n

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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the scene at around 8:30pm this evening.<\/p>\n

It is not yet known whether rail services through the station have been affected by the incident.<\/p>\n

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Police, fire and Network Rail are at the scene (Image: ASP)<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: \u201cShortly after 8.30pm on Monday 12 October, one fire engine from Farnworth was called to attend a road traffic collision involving a lorry on Memorial Road, Worsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrews arrived quickly and worked alongside Greater Manchester Police<\/a> to make the area safe before departing after approximately one hour at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

GMP and Pets at Home have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The HGV collided with the bridge and has become stuck A lorry has collided with a railway bridge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,44055,50,2447,981,56,54,55,198052],"class_list":["post-800971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-network-rail","tag-news","tag-salford","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-walkden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800971","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=800971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}