A lorry delivering stone overturned after hitting a Keighley railway bridge.

Friday morning’s accident blocked both sides of Park Lane, next to the Globe pub at the road’s junction with Parkwood Street.

The incident happened at 7.10am as the Volvo articulated lorry tried to pass under the bridge, which is used by Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

The driver was about 400 yards from his destination, when the top of the container on the back of the wagon hit the 13ft 6in-high bridge, causing the vehicle to slowly tip onto its side.

The driver, 48, from Lancashire, managed to scramble from the cab and escaped uninjured.

The road remained completely blocked for more than three hours after the accident, with two recovery vehicle teams working to remove the lorry, which was resting against one side of the Globe pub. Little damage was visible to the bridge, though the sign indicating its height had been partly dislodged.

Police Community Support Officers redirected traffic down Parkwood Street, Longcroft and Coney Lane. Pedestrians also had to take a short detour. The road wasn’t fully cleared until the afternoon.

Commenting shortly after the incident, Globe landlord Steven Mahomet, said: “The lorry is right up against our wall, so we won’t be able to see the damage outside until they’ve shifted it.

“Hopefully, all it’s done is scrape some of the rendering off. We’ve checked inside the building and there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong.

“I was upstairs above the pub when it happened, but I never heard a thing. There’s been a few wagons that have hit the bridge over the years, but none of them have turned over before.”

A railway spokesman said the bridge had been checked by maintenance staff and declared safe. The railway operated as normal.