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Woman assaulted by lorry driver after road crash

Chloe Laversuch
BBC News, Yorkshire
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Officers say a van driver and a lorry driver were involved in a confrontation on the A66

A woman was assaulted by a HGV driver after the van she was driving was involved in a crash with his lorry in North Yorkshire.

The collision happened on the westbound A66, where the road narrows to a single carriageway near Gilling West, at about 11:30 BST on Friday.

A man driving a Renault lorry with a red cab and the woman, who was driving a grey Mercedes Sprinter van, got into a "heated confrontation", according to North Yorkshire Police.

The man then assaulted the woman, leaving her with minor injuries, officers said.

The force asked anyone who witnessed the incident or stopped at the scene to help to contact police.

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