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Kim Horton & Alan Johnson

Mother left furious after refuse lorry crushes garden wall and her kids' trampoline

A mother-of-three was left incensed with rage after an Ubico refuse lorry caused severe damage to her garden wall, which crushed her children's trampoline in the process. The 42-year old, from Quedgeley, Gloucestershire now has concerns that the remains of the wall haven't been secured adequately - and that the local council hasn't done enough to clear the resulting debris.

Ellen Wilkinson was shocked by the damage caused to both the wall and the trampoline, but naturally relieved her kids weren't playing in the garden at the time. She is worried, however, that action hasn't been taken by authorities to prevent children from the neighbourhood from playing near the damage.

Mrs Wilkinson told Gloucestershire Live: "The incident happened on October 9 at 7.42am according to the neighbours CCTV. From what we can see on the footage, there was a car parked in the alley way and the lorry was reversing to avoid it and turn around.

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