Not exactly a truck, but a c. 1938 Büssing coach, probably c. 1950 somewhere in western Germany.
Good job all those people were there, to help the reccer. 
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They’re probably the passengers of the bus, waiting to continue their journey. Lets hope they were at least granted a free drink.
Red Cross Spardo thats another job to go on the list Buzzer
Oh yes, an Invincible ambulance.
I don’t think those vertical take-off saloons ever really caught on in the end.
I thought the paint was still wet and that was what held it up there.
Why did the driver stop? Judging by the efficiency of the British motor industry, during that era, the car wouldn’t have been missed.
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Did the driver not get a good night’s kip and fall asleep at the wheel-tut!
It’s hard to see quite how that happened 
Hey, yer can’t park there!
Indeed, that was my first thought, no bends, no high crosswinds, perhaps a chassis failure?
There must be a set of railings or a ballustrade at the summit of those twin sets of steps. Perhaps the roping got caught up in those and the load was a bit top heavy. Seems highly unlikely nonetheless, even though the Bedford had a light chassis.
On the way to the accident
… the recovery wagon had to be towed away.
[Postcard Citroën U23 + Willème Dépanneuse via Alain Mugica]
Or they needed 2 reccers but only had one driver.
that was my alternative hypothesis