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Old March 8th 08, 06:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Bizarre Battersea tow-truck - bus - bridge accident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7285085.stm

Except from the BBC news story:

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A tow-truck has overturned following an accident with a double-decker
bus under a railway bridge in south London.

The accident in Battersea Park Road [...] happened as the truck tried
to go under the bridge with its extended towing arm at about 1010 GMT.

The arm caught the bottom of the bridge resulting in it tilting on to
the oncoming number 345 bus, police said.

The bus, which was left leaning over, had 30 passengers onboard at the
time. None of the passengers were hurt.

No other injuries were reported.

[continues...]
/quote


Despite the BBC story currently saying that this happened in
Kennington it quite clearly didn't - it was in Battersea, the bridge
being that which carries the West London Line between Chelsea (i.e.
West Brompton, the Cremorne [rail] Bridge over the Thames) and Clapham
Junction (or indeed the "Ludgate" or "City lines" to Factory
Junctionand beyond, or the Sheepcote Lane curve towards Waterloo).

The bridge in question is at the centre of this street map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...&y=176412&ar=N

It would seem that this didn't disrupt rail services much, so
presumably the bridge is undamaged, in contrast to the 30 bus
passengers' somewhat damaged peace of mind, especially those on the
top deck!