A LORRY driver has been fined for driving his overweight truck across a bridge.
John Shaw, of Wirksworth Road, Ilkeston, was convicted in his absence of driving his Mans truck over the ancient Swarkestone Bridge, in South Derbyshire, on November 6 last year. It has a weight limit of 7.5 tonnes.
The 36-year-old was fined £600, ordered to pay costs of £80 and a £60 victim surcharge at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court.