A gritter has crashed and overturned on an icy Yorkshire road

It's so icy that even gritting vehicles are struggling on Yorkshire's roads.

This vehicle lost control and overturned on a high road near Reeth in the Swaledale this morning, spilling grit onto the highway.

The driver was unhurt.

The photo of the aftermath of the crash was posted on the Facebook group North Yorkshire Snow Updates by David Clarke,

The gritter overturned in SwaledaleThe gritter overturned in Swaledale
The gritter overturned in Swaledale

Commenting on the post, Joyce Sunter said:-

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"Poor driver has my sympathy, saw him going down the road as I was feeding sheep, probably not long before this, the conditions were atrocious, snow on top of ice. The last thing he needs now is criticism, fingers crossed for him."