Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

No damage to the railings.

David9694 wrote:

Down from London much?

I don't understand?

David9694 wrote:

Knoxbridge.  Here's the cafe co-owner adding value to the whole thing: "The A229 is a dangerous road, it is notorious for accidents and fatalities. Due to it being very straight outside the cafe, motorists tend to gun it down the road."

One day, a loss adjuster is going to say, "well, we can't pay out for all of the damage here, you see it's a dangerous road, and if you look at sub-clause 15(d)(h)(viii) you'll see..."

 

 

I see the problem now, car was travelling quickly on this straight road, but saw the cafe sign too late to slow down and pull in to the car park.

JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote:

How could the bus stop be hit? It appears to have hi-vis stripes

It must have been poor visibility due to the overhanging trees shown on Streetview

mdavidford wrote:

Presumably popped in to pick up a paper (and a special offer Twix) at the cashier-free till.

Intrigued to note that the headline takeaway is apparently the crashing into WHSmith, and not so much the other car which somehow ended up on its roof...

Yes, I wasn't expecting the car on it's roof when I read the headline. Maybe it's not uncommon in the area

David9694 wrote:

Has anyone got the wit to access this story (regional content again)? I'd love to know more. 

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/car-crash-into-building-cockeysville-york...

I see it fine, but I'm in the US. Not much more in the article than in the preview.

COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — A senior citizen crashed their car into a commercial building Tuesday morning in Baltimore County.

SkyTeam 11 reported the car crashed into a building around 10 a.m. at MVS Wound Care & Hyperbarics in the 10500 block of York Road in Cockeysville.

The driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

County police said no one inside the building was struck or hurt.

Simon E wrote:

Woman drives car onto pavement and crashes into lamp post in Ketley, Telford. 2.30pm on Friday afternoon.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/2022/02/11/car-co...

This is a straight 30mph road on the approach to a crossroads with traffic lights (street view).

And we have to share the roads with these morons...

"Upon arrival we found a woman who was the driver of the vehicle. She was assessed and had sustained injuries not believed to be serious. She received self care advice and was discharged at the scene."

Was the "self care advice" to turn in her driving licence?

David9694 wrote:

"Jail for triathlete who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

He needed nine police officers to restrain him after biting off a random stranger’s ear."

Any Dundee Courier subscribers on here? 

The number of proper cyclists out today is unchanged.

Subscriber only link -  https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/3002832/ear-bite-dundee-pub/

I can't get past the paywall. How does it become relevant to the story that he's a triathlete? If I did the same thing, what would the headline be?

Jail for cyclist who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

Jail for judoka who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

Jail for father of two who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

Jail for beer nerd who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

Jail for incredibly fit and handsome man who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub

TheBillder wrote:

Not the fault of the driver, this one. His shoes are guilty as sin though. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-60335724

What is on the other side of that wall?  A giant trampoline?? 

They has managed to get all the way in there.

It was a special delivery operation.

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EVERY day is a slow news day here in (North Wales) Dail Post land!!

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In short, it doesn't.

The long verson is the perpetrator was an alcoholic who was (reportedly) planning on taking part in a charity triathlon to raise funds for the rehab centre he had been going to, although he had relapsed prior to the attack. So the triathlon aspect has no direct relevance, but is loosely related to his alcoholism, which itself was no doubt related to the attack. A pretty tenuous connection given the man is characterised as a "triathlete" in the headline - "alcoholic" would seem to be a more pertinent description but would presumably have generated fewer clicks...

(If you google the story then use google's cached version you can bypass the pay wall - try https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xnPO9RUQ1SUJ:https...).

Jail for starving man with strong stomach who chomped off stranger's ear in Dundee pub