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Transport / Fuel tanker stuck on Hillswick road

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A truck with a purple roof is tilted off the road, with a person in a high-visibility jacket standing next to it. Another vehicle is on the same road, with a "No footway for 2 miles" sign visible.
The tanker is blocking most of the single track road near Stucca at Hillswick. Photo: Shetland News

THERE is disruption to the road through Hillswick after a fuel tanker partially went into a ditch.

Smaller vehicles were initially able to pass, but efforts now are underway to siphon the fuel to another tanker.

The local fire station is advising people to take care.

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