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A lorry driver who was pulled over by police in the Czech Republic claimed he was too tired to notice he'd lost a front wheel.

Ales Stastna, 38, told police in Senov Havirov that he had just finished a marathon shift and hadn't even felt the wheel drop off.

"I could have sworn it was there when I set off," he told officers.

Police spokesman Gabriel Holcakova said: "He's lucky he didn't kill himself or cause a serious accident.

"He was given a warning, his truck was impounded and he had three points put on his licence."