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