West Wickham lorry crash pictures after overturned truck crushes woman's car

11:38am Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in News By Heloise Wood

Photo by Paul Reed Photo by Paul Reed

A WOMAN had a miraculous escape after a lorry overturned in West Wickham High Street and crushed her car.

Miraculously she escaped without serious injury after being cut out of her car by firefighters.

A Bromley police spokesman said: "A tipper lorry fully laden with crushed vehicles and other metals turned over on to its side while travelling around the roundabout.

"As it did so, the 40 tonne cargo tipped out on to a Vauxhall Corsa driven by an elderly female waiting at the junction of Manor Park Road.

"It also spilled out on to the path next to the church.

"Somewhat incredibly, the crushed vehicles and metal were pulled from the Vauxhall Corsa, and after the roof of her vehicle was cut away, she was found with a few scratches and very much alive."

The Vauxhall Corsa was stationary at the time of the accident.

The lorry driver were taken to the Princess Royal University Hospital, in Farnborough Common, Orpington, and the 63-year-old driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, was taken to King's College Hospital, in Denmark Hill, to be treated for minor injuries and shock.

 

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A London Ambulance spokesperson said: "We sent two ambulance crews, two single responders in a car and a duty manager."

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The High Street was blocked eastbound from the roundabout with Manor Park Road, near Bethlem Royal Hospital following the crash which occurred at 3.12pm on Monday.

It was reopened at 5.17pm although Manor Park Road remained partially blocked until 01.30am the following day.

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Comments(6)

j.j. says...
12:46pm Tue 23 Oct 12

There seem to be frequently these stories about lorries and delivery vans turning over, getting stuck, damaging cars on narrow roads, hitting cyclists etc. I doubt we'll see any change until the haulage companies are properly punished, eg. charged for corporate man slaughter if one of their drivers causes a fatal accident under pressure to meet an excessively tight delivery schedule.

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swomps says...
3:21pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Not all lorry drivers are irresponsible. It takes several courses to get a class 1 licence to drive haulage and become a professional driver. Updates for courses, medicals and CPC are a regular stipulation. Not all lorry accidents are caused by driver error or caused by haulage companies pushing their drivers, some are just freak accidents or caused by "other" road users or road conditions and surfaces. Too many people just blame the "lorry" driver! I noted that many on twitter asked only about the driver of the Corsa, we are all delighted to hear she is recovering with minor injuries, what about the driver of the lorry? How do you think HE is feeling or how HE is? My wishes go out to all parties involved, including the poor lorry driver himself, heaven knows what their families must be going through. Thank God no one was seriously injured.

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born n breed says...
3:34pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Lorry drivers are some of the best on the road. The amount of times I see other roads users put themselves in danger with a lorries. Re-education is the way not blaming haulage companies. That's a feeble way of pushing the blame onto the wrong party.

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swomps says...
3:53pm Tue 23 Oct 12

A re-education for ALL road users would be an advantage! Many haulage lorry drivers put themselves in danger everytime they drive depending on what they carry, but their skill, knowledge and professional driving ability should be commended!

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madras says...
5:12pm Tue 23 Oct 12

born n breed wrote:
Lorry drivers are some of the best on the road. The amount of times I see other roads users put themselves in danger with a lorries. Re-education is the way not blaming haulage companies. That's a feeble way of pushing the blame onto the wrong party.
yes, right - and does that include the massive tipper and waste lorry drivers i see on the phone (not hands free) most days around the Surrey Canal Road driving up toward the recycling areas?

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swomps says...
7:16pm Tue 23 Oct 12

I think most people at some time have seen "someone" using a mobile phone whilst driving whether in a car, tipper lorry, haulage lorry and even a push bike! There are of course laws in place for this! I think we are distracting from the original comments made about this particular accident, we don't know the facts in full, we are all summising about the cause. I hope all involved in the initial accident are doing well and thank the ambulance, fire and other services that came to the rescue so very quickly.

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