A PARISH councillor was left with tonnes of carrots in her front garden when a lorry overturned yesterday.

The driver was taken to hospital with head injuries and, at the time The Chronicle went to press, remained in a serious condition.

Retired Trudy Boyle, 62, of Fox Bank, Cotebrook, said: 'It's mad, it's absolutely mad. This is the 13th accident in seven years.

'All the carrots have come over the road, smashed into my fence and hedge and knocked it down. There are carrots everywhere.

'I have got barriers up and they're smashed to bits. It's turned over so it's on my hedge and emptied everything into my garden. If it had come through it I would be dead.

'It was just before 5am so it was dark. I couldn't get out of my gates, they were completely blocked with carrots.

'I've just had the gate mended from the last crash and it's gone again.

'As cars and lorries come up the hill and head towards Warrington, they lose it and veer across the road and hit my property every time.'

Cllr Boyle and her neighbours are used to being the first people on the scene of the accidents.

She said: 'Normally you go and try to stop the traffic, we've all got yellow jackets and flashing lights.

'A lorry had pulled up behind, the driver got out and had broken into the overturned cab to turn the engine off. He had to climb over the wheel to get out.'

Because of the number of accidents at Fox Bank, Trudy paid about £1,000 for barriers to protect her property.

'I had the steel barriers put up for protection, otherwise it would have hit the conservatory and the buildings.

'Since the last accident, I'm not sleeping at night - the whole house shakes when cars go past.

'I'm just hoping something will be done because it's a dangerous bend.'