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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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On our quiet side road, a car crashed thrrough a 1.2m high and very thick stone wall, drove over the garden before badly denting the sold stone house. It was driven by opposite neighbour from his drive, so he was able to do that much damage by travelling across width of a not very wide road from being stationary. He would have killed any pedestrians, had they been walking along pavement.
Remember Kids:
Stop, Look, Listen
Pupils at a primary school have been evacuated after a car drove into the building.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-updates-car-plo...
Ex black cab
https://twitter.com/KingArtAT/status/1783296299787309088
Car damaged after crashing into house in Hereford street
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24277193.car-damaged-crashing-house-h...
Car damages lamppost after crashing into Hereford house
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24277877.car-damages-lamppost-crashin...
"Range Rover coming a cropper in London W1 due to brave cycle stand, helped by lamppost which fell defending the footway."
A couple say they are fearing for their lives as a huge 4x4 car has been left "dangling" at the top of their back garden for several days. They fear the vehicle could career into their house at any moment. The Mitsubishi is perched with its rear wheels mid-air, held back only by a tree stump.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/huge-4x4-dangles-top-garde...
I can't fit in the garage despite 3 attempts
https://twitter.com/Wankpanzer/status/1784972945627943304
Great video but here's a still for nontwitters
Family’s drive in Millstrood Road, Whitstable ‘looks like a war zone’ after ‘hit-and-run’
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/family-s-drive-looks-like-a...
Standlake Village Hall closed as car crashes into building
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24288411.standlake-village-hall-closed...
Historic bridge faces month-long closure after tractor smashes into it
It’s hoped work will be completed and the road re-opened by the end of May
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/historic-bridge-faces-month-lo...
Car left hanging from road after crashing through railing in Looe
There is currently another closure in place along the road while work to remove debris from a landslip takes place
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/car-left-hanging-road-af...
Romsey: Lorry crashes into Greatbridge Road bridge
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24295723.romsey-lorry-crashes-greatbrid...
"can’t thank @LancsPolice enough for their assistance."
"'It's lucky no one was killed' says Malvern home owner after car ploughs into house" . Did the car plough into the house on its own?
A number of comments that it is all AI !
Here's an update with photos of the wall boarded up.
https://twickenham.nub.news/news/local-news/update-images-reveal-afterma...
That Chesterfield one is close to home.
Apparently hooning down a redressed road, losing control, and causing life changing injuries to three people is "Careless"not "Dangerous". £750 compensation each.
Meaning, shitty Transport Minister Mark Harper does not give a damn.
I trust that Mr Brooke has voluntarily surrendered his driving licence until he can get to the bottom of his medical issues?
What were they thinking building a grade II listed building that close to a main road...
First of all, it's quite clear what happened here; the school came out of nowhere, the driver did all they could to avoid a collision but there was nothing that they could do to stop the classroom trying to consume their car.
Secondly, cars are too strong. We need to protect children and the only way that we can do that is to reinforce and fortify the schools. Also, the schools need crumple zones.
Thirdly, maybe all children need to be kept in zorbing balls all day, just in case. It's the only way to stop this happening again
She seemed a bit upset about a minor misjudgement that could have killed someone and is going to cause months of stress and inconvenience.
For real?
Yes, right after "it lost control."
They should never have been given planning permission for that
Zorbing balls - if it saves just one life
Calling car 237, come in car 237
control, this is 237 here, I can hear you loud and I can hear you clear yeah
good morning 237 good morning bit of a late start isn't it
is there something you want me to do (yeah), you I'm only to please you (hoo)
yes, we want to to pick up a young lady from 83 Royal Gardens
it seems extraordinary to me that a death can just be written off this way:
Inquest held into death of Danny Humphrey, killed in crash on the A28 Great Chart Bypass, Ashford
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/impossible-to-know-what-caused...
Good lord! You mean he didn't??
Seems like a case for additional safety measures e.g. at least some feedback if you try to cross into a lane with oncoming vehicles. Although without actual barriers between lanes this might not have changed the outcome here. And even then possibly the car driver would still have been hurt.
Unfortunately there's a general feeling of "sadly accidents happen ... but not to me and mine!" Until one does.
I read this earlier (can't bring myself to follow all the way through to the Heil):
…which rather begs the question of (1) how hard she had intended to apply the brake, and (2) how hard she actually pressed the accelerator.
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