DAMAGE caused to an iconic village monument by a wayward 40ft lorry will be recovered from the lorry owner's insurance company.
The monument, in the centre of Dobcross village, was knocked from its pedestal when a lorry strayed from a main road route and got jammed in a narrow lane.
It is a memorial to Saddleworth’s first medical officer of health and a new lantern is to be installed to compete the task.
Oldham Council engineers were praised by villagers for their prompt action in returning the monument to its rightful place.
And a council spokesman said: “The restoration has cost just under £5,000 and the money is being recouped from the insurers of the lorry firm involved.”
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