Truck and bridge turns brand new luxury SUVs into convertibles

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The blunder occurred when the truck towing brand new 4x4s ploughed into a railway bridge. Photo / Gareth Ruddock.

The blunder occurred when the truck towing brand new 4x4s ploughed into a railway bridge. Photo / Gareth Ruddock.

Brand new Range Rovers and a Jaguar worth hundreds of thousands of dollars had their roofs torn off after a lorry driver smashed into a rail bridge.

The blunder occurred when the truck towing the brand new luxury 4x4s, some still in their plastic wrapping, ploughed into a railway bridge in Perthshire, Scotland.

Pictures from the scene showed the four Range Rovers including the latest Velar worth over $80,000 with their roofs ripped off.

Gareth Ruddock, 40, saw the accident and said he believed two of the cars were a 'write-off'.

He said: 'I was just there dropping my wife off at the station and I did a double take.

'There are some open-topped cars now. Some of them still had their plastic on, they must have been getting delivered. I just saw the aftermath.

'The police were there brushing up the bits and pieces which had broken off. The driver was there looking a bit unhappy.'

The father-of-two, who works for social enterprise Giraffe, added: 'Nobody was hurt but it wasn't a good day for that fella.

'I think pretty much all the cars on the top were damaged, but as they got further back the damage was lesser.

'The first couple of cars must have been written off, or you would have to rebuild the entire car.'

Police Scotland said they attended the crash in Marshall Place, Perth shortly after 8am.

They confirmed no-one is injured and said the road was cleared by 9am.

-Daily Mail