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Van hanging over A2 after crash
8:09pm Tuesday 25th March 2008
A DELIVERY van was left hanging over the A2 duel carriageway in Bexley this afternoon following a traffic accident.
Firefighters and police were called to Woodside Lane, Bexley, near the Danson interchange, just after 3.30pm and found a brown box van, belonging to courier company UPS, which had crashed through the railings on an overpass and was hanging over the London-bound carriageway.
A Toyota Avensis car was caught on the back of the van, preventing it from toppling over on to the road below.
The damaged van was also leaking petrol.
Police had to close two lanes of the London-bound carriageway while up to 20 firefighters worked to stabilise the vehicle and remove it to a safe position.
The A2 was eventually reopened just before 6pm.
No-one was trapped in either vehicle and no-one was injured.
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Crayford1, Crayford says...
10:05pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Karen, Kent says...
10:35pm Tue 25 Mar 08
lucy, says...
11:30pm Tue 25 Mar 08
Terry, Dartford says...
9:42am Wed 26 Mar 08
Rich, Lewisham says...
10:17am Wed 26 Mar 08
Karen wrote:HE WAS ON THE PHONE!!!! What an idiot. He could have caused death from his stupid driving. Hope they throw the book at him and make him pay the cost of repairing the damage he caused and the time of the emergency services!!!
Sarah,so pleased your husband is home safe. The accident happened just in front of me as I drove along the A2 ready to turn off at Blackfen. I could see your husband on the phone, did he swerve to miss something in the road as it's such a quiet little road where he was?
At home, bexley says...
10:23am Wed 26 Mar 08
Rich wrote:Glad to hear the driver was o.k, but i think you read the comments wrong the way i see it the lady see him on the phone after the accident calling the emergency service i can guess, so don't rush your comments until you know
Karen wrote: Sarah,so pleased your husband is home safe. The accident happened just in front of me as I drove along the A2 ready to turn off at Blackfen. I could see your husband on the phone, did he swerve to miss something in the road as it's such a quiet little road where he was?HE WAS ON THE PHONE!!!! What an idiot. He could have caused death from his stupid driving. Hope they throw the book at him and make him pay the cost of repairing the damage he caused and the time of the emergency services!!!
Jeremy Kyle, Bexley says...
10:36am Wed 26 Mar 08
Rich, Lewisham says...
10:37am Wed 26 Mar 08
At home wrote:Your correct in making assumptions but the accident happenend right in fornt of her as she was driving so in that time the van driver would not have been able to crash, get out and then get on his phone to make a call which means he would have been driving while on the phone. Does that make sense?
Rich wrote:Glad to hear the driver was o.k, but i think you read the comments wrong the way i see it the lady see him on the phone after the accident calling the emergency service i can guess, so don't rush your comments until you knowKaren wrote: Sarah,so pleased your husband is home safe. The accident happened just in front of me as I drove along the A2 ready to turn off at Blackfen. I could see your husband on the phone, did he swerve to miss something in the road as it's such a quiet little road where he was?HE WAS ON THE PHONE!!!! What an idiot. He could have caused death from his stupid driving. Hope they throw the book at him and make him pay the cost of repairing the damage he caused and the time of the emergency services!!!
Trisha, here says...
10:40am Wed 26 Mar 08
ClockWatcher, Welling says...
10:41am Wed 26 Mar 08
The A2 at that stretch is about 7foot below the road that runs along side it. As the driver would have been on the far side of the vehicle I would say it would be impossible for Karen to have seen the driver at all, let alone to know if he were using a mobile phone or not.
Sarah - so glad your husband is ok.
It sounds to me as though he were rammed by the vehicle behind him.
He's had a lucky escape!
june, dartford says...
10:49am Wed 26 Mar 08
Sarah-jane, says...
10:51am Wed 26 Mar 08
My husband is a carefull driver, and this was his first accident.
to all who cared, thanks for the kind words.
mwah, dartford says...
10:59am Wed 26 Mar 08
hh, bexley says...
6:25pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Terry wrote:HI WAS OBVIOUSLY CALLING 4 HELP (AFTERWARDS) YOU FOOL PEOPLE LIKE YOU JUST LOVE CAUSEING TROUBLE ....GO AWAY TERRY .
I am just glad everyone was ok,I must admit, the story went flat on me when i read Karen from kents commnets,if true and on the phone, and its was not at least hands free, i hope karen gave evidence to the police and they check his phone records and deal with him accordingly.Well done the emergency services!
HARRY, ERITH says...
6:35pm Wed 26 Mar 08
ClockWatcher, Welling says...
6:36pm Wed 26 Mar 08
mwah wrote:Oh my why bring him into it?
Well said June!! Where is Lordie this morning?
Isn't his head big enough already?
Locked and Loaded, says...
6:46pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Back too the story,it brings a whole new meaning to "What can Brown do for You".
Karen, Kent says...
9:17pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Sarah-jane, says...
10:47pm Wed 26 Mar 08
ClockWatcher, Welling says...
1:08pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Locked and Loaded wrote:Oh my how funny you are Erastus....
CockWatcher, how do you know the size of our Lord P's 'head'?
Back too the story,it brings a whole new meaning to "What can Brown do for You".
Karen, sorry if I jumped to conclusions - I was trying to defuse a situation before it became yet another hate campaign as tends to happen alot around here!
:)
ClockWatcher, Welling says...
9:04pm Thu 27 Mar 08
I will have to read better before I post.
;)
Locked and Loaded, says...
9:13pm Thu 27 Mar 08
:)
becky, blackfen says...
11:42am today Sat 5 Apr 08
Karen wrote:karen woz telin truth abt im driver on a fone wen drivin cos sheez a wind up! she doz wotch daytime telly wiv her 5 kidz an benefitz an sheez bored wiv da telly all day. i knocoz im her naybor!
Oh Dear....Ive been at WORK all day (not watching daytime tv)therefore have only just seen the mayhem my comment last night has caused. I can assure all of you I DID NOT see the driver crash whilst using his phone. As the crash happened the traffic came to a stand still and as I moved over to the middle lane to avoid the debris in the road I saw the driver out of his van and on his phone. May I apologise to Sarah the van drivers wife if she thought that I was implying he was using the phone whilst driving, that was not my intention at all. Unfortunately as always on this site there are so many people queuing up to point the finger of blame!! Oh and June Dartford...I have no idea what colour under pants he was wearing when he left home yesterday morning but im pretty sure they would have been brown when he returned home!!!
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John Anthony, Bexley says...
5:13pm Sat 5 Apr 08
Police should follow up and check phone usage
quotetimes....
pj, eltham says...
1:42pm Sun 6 Apr 08
Glad all are unhurt and everything turned out ok!!
beth, bexley says...
7:37am Sat 17 May 08
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