Hitch-and-run tractor driver's trailer smashed through fence

A TRACTOR driver drove off after his trailer detached and crashed through a garden fence in Stapleford.

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The smash, which happened on Tuesday afternoon, on Derby Road, Stapleford, wrecked a fence, bench, electricity box and bin.

Footage posted on social media shows the tractor travelling along the main road while towing a large orange six-wheeled trailer, which becomes detached after hitting a speed bump near the junction with Broad Oak Drive.

Sparks fly from the bottom of the empty trailer as it mounts the kerb and crashes onto the pavement.