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Train services between Dover Priory and Canterbury East temporarily disrupted after lorry hits bridge

Victoria Chessum
00:00, 05 January 2016  | Updated: 15:40, 05 January 2016

A lorry has crashed into Kearsney Bridge in River causing yet more disruption to train services in east Kent.

Commuters travelling from Dover to Canterbury East faced delays while the bridge was inspected by engineers.

A police spokesman said: "A lorry got stuck under the bridge near the railway station just after 2pm but managed to get itself free without causing damage."

A car has struck the bridge. Picture: Google Maps
A car has struck the bridge. Picture: Google Maps

It comes after the rail line between Dover Priory and Folkestone was indefinitely shut while repair works go ahead to fix the track and cracks in the sea wall.

Services have now resumed.

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