A huge digger and other plant machinery floated away on a flooded river in Yorkshire, UK, smashing into a bridge and sinking.

The incident happened on Sunday 20 February, during Storm Franklin -- the third storm in a row to batter the UK after Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice

Workers at the site in Armley, outside Leeds, had battled for hours to save the machinery, which was sitting on a floating platform at the time it went downstream.

The machinery is said to weigh approximately 14 tonnes and is likely to have caused significant damage to the bridge.

Local workmen and police told the filmer they feared that other floating debris could build up on the sunk machinery.

The platform the machinery was on top of continued its journey after dumping the digger, prompting fears for further damage downstream.

Workers in Armley outside Leeds battle to save plant machines as rivers burst the banks due to heavy flood durin storm Eunice. Lees Liverpool canal flood. A 14 ton digger and drilling machine sat on a floating barge. At least 100k could float away and is in danger of hitting the bridge leading to Armley canal moorings. Police have closed redcoat lane for the publics safety. Talking to the work man and the police there fear is floating debris building up on the front and adding extra weight to the submerged barge