Amazon lorry careers over roundabout and crashes
Two people have been taken to hospital with "potentially serious" injuries after a multi-vehicle crash involving an Amazon truck in Stoke-on-Trent.Video shows the lorry emerging at a roundabout junction before it goes straight over the grassy island, colliding with a car on the way.It then comes to rest after hitting a vehicle in queuing traffic at another junction.West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics were called to the junction of the A500 and A519 just after 16:00 GMT on Sunday.
An Amazon spokesperson said the company was investigating the incident with a haulage contractor whose driver was towing the trailer.
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