Van falls from Woolwich Ferry upper deck

3:09pm Friday 11th January 2013 in News By Mark Chandler

The van nosedived from the Woolwich Ferry upper deck (pic by _thuych) The van nosedived from the Woolwich Ferry upper deck (pic by _thuych)

A YELLOW box van fell from the top of the Woolwich Ferry last night and nosedived on to the deck below.

Scores of firefighters and police were called out to the incident which happened at around 8.10pm, shortly after the boat left the south bank of the Thames on its last journey of the evening.

One eye-witness told News Shopper the van had rolled off the top, through the chain barrier, landing upright on the stern.

The ferry returned to the Greenwich side of the river where fire crews worked with ropes to lift the van back up again.

One of the people who was with the van at the time fled once the ferry returned to shore and has now been reported by police for alleged vehicle condition offences.

A Transport for London spokesman confirmed no one was hurt, saying: "We recovered the fallen vehicle overnight.

"It didn't have an impact on the service at all and we operated a normal two boat service on the Woolwich Ferry today."

The Met's Marine Accident Investigation team are investigating.

Comments(12)

mouthalmighty says...
3:28pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Handbrake off. Who does that. Thankfully no. One was hurt.

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Gypo.Joe says...
3:48pm Fri 11 Jan 13

I bet the driver has one of them licences from Woolworths, or one from Karachi.

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cookster says...
6:15pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Stupid deck!

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glenn_london says...
10:52pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Bit of bad reporting! It was actually a white transit van, the yellow in the photo is a reflection of the light and the colour of the ferry! Drawback of obtaining your journalism through Twitter.

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matt 2285 says...
6:20pm Sun 13 Jan 13

was matter of time before this happened with how close you have to park to the edge

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the wall says...
11:50am Mon 14 Jan 13

matt 2285 wrote:
was matter of time before this happened with how close you have to park to the edge
What utter rubbish! Brakes are there for a reason.

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Gypo.Joe says...
12:02pm Mon 14 Jan 13

Heavy seas, the roll of the ship, etc etc. Perhaps the captain and the cabin boi was searching for that golden rivet.

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PaulErith says...
1:20pm Wed 16 Jan 13

The Woolwich ferries should be condemned.

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Hk says...
5:13pm Wed 16 Jan 13

PaulErith wrote:
The Woolwich ferries should be condemned.
What a really stupid comment!

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Gypo.Joe says...
5:26pm Wed 16 Jan 13

PaulErith wrote:
The Woolwich ferries should be condemned.
So should Erith. ( and you )

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Tip-Top says...
8:34am Thu 17 Jan 13

I use the Woolwich ferry when working overseas

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the wall says...
12:11pm Thu 17 Jan 13

PaulErith wrote:
The Woolwich ferries should be condemned.
Oh are you a marine surveyor?
I'm surprised you even know where it is. As you didn't know where North Woolwich was.

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