Hotel staff were relieved no one was injured after equipment being carried by a lorry hit a bridge over the Thames near Wallingford.

The incident, involving a Transco lorry, damaged Shillingford Bridge.

Oxfordshire County Council highways officers are organising repairs, following the accident on May 31.

Transco spokesman Christine Ritchies said: "We're very sorry for any inconvenience caused and will work with the council to repair the bridge."

Shillingford Bridge Hotel general manager Graeme Rolfe said: "It could have been nasty, as the entrance to our swimming pool is under that bridge.

"I wouldn't want to have one of those stones fall on me. Luckily no one was around.

"It was such a sunny day, and we were lucky the pool didn't have to be closed."