THE visit to Lochgelly by a massive articulated lorry last weekend almost turned into a complete nightmare for a couple in The Avenue.

We discovered the visit to High Street by the massive vehicle through Bill Paul, who was surprised to see it on his way home early on Sunday 26th July.

But what Bill did not know was that on its way to High Street the vehicle got stuck at the junction with The Avenue and in the driver’s efforts to turn the corner onto the downslope he caught the wall of No 1 The Avenue causing considerable damage and almost hauled down a tree in the garden of Alistair and Marjory Lumsden.

The couple were unaware of the commotion going on outside their home between 11.30pm and midnight on Saturday 25th July.

Said Mr Lumsden, “The lorry unit consisted of a trailer, owned by Currie European Distribution, while the tractor unit was owned by a Polish transport company, but how it got into Lochgelly is a bit of a mystery.

“We slept throughout the occurrence but my neighbours were out watching the events unfold as the vehicle got stuck at the top of the High Street.

“It seemed to take the driver several efforts to take the corner and during that he struck our wall causing considerable structural damage, and just glanced the tree.

“Had he struck the tree hard it could have presented us with big problems because it is a considerable size and if it had fallen and hit the house it would have caused a lot of damage.” It would appear that the driver had got lost due to his sat nav equipment not working properly and had erroneously ended up in The Avenue and going down High Street.

The police were called after the manoeuvres at the junction and it was discovered that the driver was Polish. He was later interviewed by officers and detained for investigations to take place.

Police confirmed this week that the driver was reported to the Procurator-Fiscal for driving offences.

Added Mr Lumsden, “I think that the fact that the vehicle was left hand drive made it awkward for the driver to negotiate the junction but he certainly made a mess of our wall.” He has been in touch with the owner of the tractor unit and the matter is now in the hands of his insurers.

“Hopefully this will be sorted out timeously but it could have been a whole lot worse, there is no doubt about that,” he added.