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Telegraph 03/05/2009 13:48
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JCB digger driver Michael Meehan has been hailed a hero for swerving to avoid other cars after his vehicle went out of control and crashed over a cliff top, an inquest heard.



Motorists described seeing boulders and rocks crash down onto the A4 Portway road, Bristol, before watching the yellow JCB plummet with driver, Michael Meehan, sitting helpless in the cab.

Mr Meehan, 53, died instantly after the JCB landed on its roof following the crash on May 28 last year.

The father of four had been driving at around 25mph in heavy rain down the steep Bridge Valley Road. He rounded a bend to see stationary traffic, but couldn't brake in time, so swerved to avoid the cars and lowered the digger's bucket to the road to slow it down.


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