Scots woman's narrow escape caught on CCTV after huge pile of timber plunges off lorry into her path

CCTV caught a woman's narrow escape after a huge timber shipment plunged off a Scots lorry.

The shocking video showed the heart stopping moment the load broke free and speared into a street in Crieff on Monday.

The footage, captured 12.15pm on Comrie Street, shows the vehicle's timber fall off when turning a corner.

The video shows an older person forced to dodge out the way (Supplied)

A nearby older female pedestrian manages to dart out of the way in the nick of time.

The load then crashes into a nearby fence and the lorry comes to an abrupt halt.

The wooden planks break free of the lorry (Supplied)

Luckily no one was injured and the road was cleared at around 4.50pm.

The video goes on to show by passers watch in horror before a man in a high vis jacket inspects the damage.

The video shows. the damage left behind (Supplied)

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 12.15pm on Monday, 7 February, 2022, to a report of a lorry shedding its load from a trailer on Comrie Street in Crieff.

"No-one was injured the road was cleared around 4.50pm.”

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