Lorry plunges 20ft from motorway bridge after crashing through barrier

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The wreckage of a lorry after it fell from a motorway bridge at the foot of it off the M3 near Eastleigh, with a police car and officers standing on the road.
The tipper lorry fell around 20ft from the M3 bridge and landed on its side (Picture: UKNIP)

A driver became trapped after a lorry crashed through a motorway barrier in Hampshire, landing onto the road underneath.

The serious crash happened on the M3 between Eastleigh and Southampton yesterday evening after the tipper lorry veered off the motorway near junction 14.

It crashed through the safety barrier near the southbound entry slip road and landed on its side in the undergrowth on Chestnut Avenue.

The condition of the driver has not been publicly disclosed following the 20ft drop.