A lorry driver was praised by residents after almost getting his truck stuck in a narrow village street - after his boss told him to ignore warning signs.
The delivery driver got dangerously close to homes in Mullion, Cornwall, yesterday as he was on the way to the local primary school.
Villager Debbie Cheesman-Knaggs praised the driver for keeping calm and was part of a small team of locals who helped him avert a wall-bashing disaster.
She told Cornwall Live : “The driver was excellent. Lots of stress because of an audience, but he kept his cool, listened to instructions from a chap who owns a fleet of trucks and helped direct him, and got out smiling.
“I've done my tractor and 40ft trailer licence so I know it's not easy - but the driver made it look like it was.”
She said that the driver spotted the restricted width sign and called his boss, who allegedly told him it would be OK to drive through.
“The driver was dead calm, very focused and not stressed by everyone watching. Super-cool driver with skills.”
She praised a fellow resident, who owns his own lorry fleet, saying: “I'd love to know the name of the chap who did most of the directing.
"All I know is that he saw the truck go into the village and knew what was going to happen - he told me he owns a fleet of 30 trucks. He was awesome helping that driver out.”
Despite the tight squeeze there was no damage to vehicle or buildings.
“The driver kept calm under crisis and got the job done with no damage to his own truck or other vehicles or structures,” added Debbie.
The incident follows a similar one in nearby St Ives last week when a lorry from a company called Keen and Able was trapped for two hours.
Witness Dee Lewis said it took about 20 minutes for it to be pulled out backwards.
