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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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More driver mental impairments being pleaded here like mixing it with driving is someone else's problem.
Driver raced through town at 80mph before crashing outside school
A judge told Joshua Gillatt he had shown a 'callous disregard' for the safety of pedestrians and other motorists
Gillatt was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in custody. The defendant was disqualified from driving for two years and the ban was extended by six months to cover the length of time he will be behind bars. Gillatt must pass an extended test before he can get his licence back.
Gillatt...admitted dangerous driving. He has 21 previous convictions for 44 offences including thefts, affray, common assault, harassment, and resisting arrest.
Matt Murphy, for Gillatt, said when the officer tried to stop his client he had "panicked" at the thought of a custodial sentence for the domestic allegations he was facing and had driven off rather than pulling over.
He said the defendant had recently been diagnosed with historical mental health issues including post-traumatic stress disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and generic anxiety...
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/driver-raced-through-town-...
Mum and children escape from shocking car crash in Exeter with minor injuries
The driver is assisting police with their enquiries into what caused the collision
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/mum-children-escape-shocking-c...
Also: No buildings harmed here, but if you look beyond the "re-design" headline, the person is making some good points about cars in Mevagissey.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/angry-tourist-thinks-his...
Im guessing theres more to this one based on what else happened, than merely van drives into house https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/fight-after-crash-in-tilney-all-saint...
https://twitter.com/essexhighways/status/1559842953367064576
Must have been a dangerous cyclist breaking the speed limit. And with no insurance.
van gets stuck on notorious Devon tidal road
It eventually took a tractor to rescue the van which had fallen off the road
Andrew (man in a Land Rover) told DevonLive: "I've used [Aveton Gifford tidal road] a few times but I've never caught the tide so I wanted to go through it when it was a bit deeper to test my vehicle out.
He continued "I even got my 'phone out while driving to take a picture - how neat is that?"
My poor little uninsured, unregistered cyclist brain gets fried by this sort of thing - doom and gloom everywhere about the cost of living, etc, but Andrew is going do the driving equivalent of putting your hand on the hot plate to test it...
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/kids-screaming-after-van-gets-...
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20669272.lorry-causes-considera...
" Does anyone know if the driver was attempting to get to a site to deliver the Portakabins or following a cheap Chinese sat nav designed for car use and not one programmed for lorry routes ? "
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/awards/wilts-hsc-awards-2021/news/20...
"two cars crashed into the trees of the M4 as they seemingly lost control of the vehicles due to the rain."
The cars lost control of the vehicles ????
Although the standard of reporting can be seen in another story on the front page about champagne. Apparently there is one call "verb clique"
Now, I don't expect them to know every brand but surely that description stood out as wrong?
(veuve clicquot is the make - a glass of the widow please)
Oops
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/firearms-officer-charged-dangerous...
Paywall but you get the gist.
He faces allegations he drove dangerously before his unmarked police vehicle was in collision with three other vehicles and a garden wall on Streatham Common North, when responding to a reported terrorist attack on 2 February 2020
For the life of me I'm trying to figure this one out. The block of flats driven into are opposite the exit of a T-Junction. The driver concerned must have been tanking it to shoot through the junction, smash through a fence, then 60 feet or so of grass before burying themselves in the wall. Link below as I couldn't save the images.
Car smashes through wall of Paisley tower block https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62604406
Moment Range Rover flips into the air and ploughs into three other cars
While there were other drivers around, the Range Rover only had occupants #NoDriverInvolved
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/range-rover-flips-air-hits-three-cars-10264942...
633 bus and BMW crash head on in Wrose Road, Bradford
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20680155.633-bus-bmw-crash-h...
Mr Grayson, said: “This accident happened. No-one is blaming Paul, they are all blaming the child." Well, Mr Softee's friend sounds nice.
"The police seem to be saying highways should do something, it’s not a safe street. I just feel that Paul [Mr Softee] was in the middle of all this as the innocent party."
Weren't we meant not to be selling sweet or fatty stuff outside schools?
Ice cream man saved as locals flocked to his defence after child was hit by a car
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/ice-cream-man-saved-local...
no buildings harmed
Sober one this time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62589528
https://twitter.com/UB1UB2/status/1561676415963201537
Car crashes into Clarkston pharmacy as police and fire crews tape off scene
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/car-crashes-clarkston-ph...
A45 Coventry Road blocked as car smashes into brick wall
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/a45-coventry-road-bl...
Also:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/driver-blocks-paveme...
Delays to train services after lorry hits bridge in Billingshurst
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20681938.delays-train-services-lorry-hit...
Oh bollards! 😐
Lorry overturns in rush hour crash on M8 as emergency services race to scene
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/lorry-overturns-rush-ho...
Cars crash into house and shop in Maidstone and Longfield
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/cars-hit-house-and-shop-in-t...
Man reported for traffic offences after his vehicle fell into the River Tyne
But was he driving? There's no mention of anyone driving the car, it just fell into the river.
https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/20717168.man-reported-traffic-of...
Car crashes through bay window of Stockton house
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-08-24/house-damaged-after-car-cr...
This isn't a news story or even a crash but I passed this burning car on the way to work this morning and thought it might fit in with this topic.
I was amazed at the damage to the front but seemingly nothing to the rest of the car and I felt a lot of heat even two lanes away.
Cars are attacking Charity shops now.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/two-people-taken-hospital...
I've heard a £5 sticker has been slapped on it.
It probably got there by the same mechanism that cars are able to park on a pavement without commiting the moving traffic offence of driving on the pavement. #NoDriverInvolved.
Just because he's better looking than me
Just because he's cool and trendy
But I know he's a moron
" a "single, brief incident" in which the damage caused to the train was "minor". "
Good to see you back
Yeah, in a different world we'd be better at separating the sheep from goats for diversion to effective social service / mental health support early doors. Or - if we want to run a more individualistic model (like US) - just lock people up (or allow citizens to do DIY law and order). However it seems we're falling between those stools, at least when it comes to the roads.
We want the ducks to have a fair trial if they're eventually accused of being behind this.
Have you not noticed that as the tide rises, the ducks somehow stay just on top. Not possible unless they're somehow causing the tides.
Unfortunately Mevagissey isn't the sort of place that could easily ban cars from the centre. You can't make it residents/permit holders only unless you wanted to create a 10 mile diversion to get to Portmellon. It is a terrible place to drive through or around, but needs must at times
Good use by witness of the word "kerfuffle", though placed alongside "carnage" and two men with axes, I don't know if it is an entirely appropriate word.
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