A3 drama

BigLights
BigLights Posts: 464
edited July 2012 in Commuting general
Second MASSIVE crash at the top of my road on the A3/East Hill in Wandsworth in just a few months. This time a 5 litre Merc CL has ploughed through the central pedestrian reservation, taken the railing, traffic light, sign posts, GPO box and a cyclist with it and ended up sideways on in the lanes for oncoming traffic. I couldn't see how it didn't kill at least 10 people. Policeman tells me cyclist is walking wounded and driver is likely to survive having been cut out of the car by LFB. No drink or drugs in his system. Everyone at a loss as to how this has happened. That cyclist must have had a shock, but thank goodness all OK.

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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    at a loss as to how this has happened
    Someone driving like a pr%ck would be my guess.

    Could have been a blowout accompanied by a freak ice patch and the driver blacking out but.....


    Glad everyone is ok though.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Sounds nasty! Good thing you weren't around when it actually happened!
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  • BigLights
    BigLights Posts: 464
    Yes, it would have been interesting. Article in my local newspaper on it just appeared. Presumably one of these fellas is the cyclist:

    Man trapped in car in Wandsworth set free by firefighters
    Wednesday 18th July 2012 in News By Alexandra Rucki
    Firefighters freed the man after the incident in Wandsworth Firefighters freed the man after the incident in Wandsworth
    A man was trapped in his car and had to be cut free by firefighters following a crash yesterday evening.
    The accident took place in the junction of Geraldine Road and East Hill, Wandsworth, at about 6.30pm last night.
    A 33-year-old man sustained head injuries, cuts and bruises, while a 53-year-old man suffered head and shoulder injuries.
    Firefighters were called in to rescue one of the men from the car and used specialist equipment to cut him free.
    They were treated by two ambulance crews and taken to St George's Hospital, Tooting, as a priority.
    Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
  • jibberish
    jibberish Posts: 151
    That's the road I live on. Cycled home just after this happened and wasn't allowed to cycle up East Hill. Someone got killed on a motorbike in the exact same place about 6 months ago.
  • BigLights
    BigLights Posts: 464
    yup...but the motorbike was different. Tragic as it was, the motorbike rider was high on drugs and doing a 60mph wheelie up the hill....not the wisest driving method.

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