Island residents faced long delays this morning Wednesday April 28 after a tipper truck crashed on Arreton Down.

Police from the Shanklin Road Policing unit closed road for over Seven hours whilst recovery took place.

The 32 ton juggernaut careered off the road after serving to avoid a car just after 7am this morning.

The rear wheels of the truck clipped the grass verge and the vehicle toppled over before coming to rest in a hedge.

Police called in the Recovery specialists from Bartletts in Newchurch. A 100 ton crane from Island crane was also brought in by the owners of the lorry to help right the vehicle.

The shocked Polish lorry driver who has only been on the Island for four days spent the morning helping to unload the asphalt from the back of the vehicle. The lorry was due to drop off i its load in Ventnor.

He said ” The roads surface is not very good over here. I felt the lorry go but there was nothing I could do to stop it.”

The road was finally reopened just after 2pm this afternoon.

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said “The drive has been spoken to at the scene there were no injures or other vehicles involved. He went on to say we are leaving the driver to deal with it through his insurance company and his bosses.”

Photo gallery to right Tipper truck