Telford speed camera set on fire
Monday 4th April 2011, 11:59AM BST.
A speed camera in Telford has been set on fire by arsonists, traffic police today confirmed.
Officers say witnesses spotted a group of youths throwing burning grass at a camera in Station Road, Ketley, at 11.50pm on Saturday.
A fire engine from Wellington attended the scene.
Steve Wood, operations manager at West Mercia Safer Roads Partnership, said: “There was only superficial damage caused to the camera. The film in it was undamaged.”
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