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17th October 2002
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A track driver whose chemiil-taden truck careered out of mtrol into a block of flats has nu been sacked by his firm. The incident happened on 16 ?btember in Ilfracombe, ,von when the driver from ieshire-based chemical corn my left his truck to ask r directions.

His vehicle, carrying over 14 .flnes of acic, caustic soda and nmonia, rolled down the hill id fell 16 feet before smashing to the three-storey building M9-25 September). Residents were evacuated om the flats over fears that the truck may expiode and a 200m exclusion zone was set up by police as the council checked that the load was not leaking into the water supply Mark Hughes, E&E's service director, says: "There are two reasons why the driver was dismissed: first a disciplinary matter in that he left the vehicle unattended with the engine running; secondly he was so shaken and shocked by the incident that he refused to drive again and we couldn't accommodate him in another role," Devon and Cornwall Police say that an investigation is ongoing into the cause of the accident.

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