Milk lorry sheds its load but driver doesn't notice for 20 miles

A milkman caused chaos after leaving a 20-mile trail of spilt milk and smashed bottles. The door of the driver's lorry had flown open, spilling his load.

But the unsuspecting driver, from Dairy Farmers of Britain based in Drayton, Portsmouth, continued to plough on, leaving the massive trail of the white stuff on country roads.

He was eventually flagged down two hours later by police who followed the milky path.

Inspector Andy Earley, of Dorset Police, said: 'There was milk over roundabouts, under flyovers on a dual carriageway and on town centre roads. 'A police officer eventually tracked the driver down and he was unaware that he had lost his load.

'The back door of his articulated lorry had come open and the cages, which the milk had been stacked in, had fallen out. It would have been dark and noisy in his lorry so he may not have noticed.'

Council cleaners were called in to sweep the roads and soak up the mess with grit and sand.