Kaleb Cooper praised for helping prevent accidents after road spill
1st July 2025
Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper became a local hero after he acted quickly to avoid potential accidents from a hydraulic fluid spill on a road close to Diddly Squat farm.
The Sun reported that a hedge cutter fell off the back of a flatbed trailer on the A3400 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, last Friday morning, 27th June.
It caused hydraulic fluid to spill across the road, leaving cars in danger of skidding on the slippery road. The Diddly Squat farm manager, who was driving to a baling job, stopped to help out.
Paul Lowe, a witness to the incident, told The Sun: “I spotted him instantly and was a little bit starstruck, as I’m a big fan of the show.
“Hydraulic fluid was pumping out down the road, and cars were skidding after driving through it. It was chaos and pretty dangerous.”
Mr Lowe said that Kaleb was parked on the corner speaking with the driver and “looked a bit worried”.
“He probably had a lot of other jobs to get done and this only added to his hectic morning. It was just like watching the show live,” the witness added.
Kaleb helped lift the hedge cutter off the road and called the police to report the dangerous oil spill, the media outlet confirmed.
Another witness told The Sun: “He acted quickly to avoid the spill causing a serious accident by calling one of his team at his agricultural contracting business to come and help him lift the machine off the road.
“They contacted the police to come and make the road safe for other drivers.”
Thames Valley Police declined to comment on the incident.
The latest season of Clarkson’s Farm launched at the end of May. Click here to read more about season four of the much-loved farming show.
It has also been confirmed that season five of Clarkson’s Farm is officially in production.
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