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A lorry driver who was caught on CCTV ploughing into level crossing barriers and getting his HGV trapped on the tracks has been jailed for eight months.
Tencho Hristov was also banned from driving for two years and eight months after being found guilty of an offence at Chelmsford Crown Court.
The 30-year-old tried to drive over the level crossing, adjacent to Roydon station in Essex, as the barriers came down on June 21.
At about 10.45am he approached the level crossing and the lights began illuminating which indicated the barriers were about to lower.
But he drove over the crossing despite the warnings and, as a result, the barriers became trapped between the driver’s cab and the trailer.