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After subsidence left a country road riddled with almighty craters, workmen were sent out to clean up the mess.

It all went awry, however, when their own lorry fell victim to a large hole in the road.

Contractors from Stabilised Pavements were working at Butleigh Drove near Walton in Somerset when their lorry rolled into a ditch that had given way on the uneven surface.

The workers were forced to abandon the vehicle after it settled at a 45-degree angle, metres from a sign reading “skid risk, max speed 20mph”.