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Man cut free after car crash

September 9, 2013, 1:07 am
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Man cut free after car crash This is Nottingham --

FIREFIGHTERS used a saw to cut a man out of his car after a crash near a busy city roundabout.

Emergency services were called to Sherwood Rise, near Gregory Boulevard roundabout, at about 1.45pm yesterday.

Police cordoned off the road where it meets the roundabout while Notts Fire And Rescue Service cut free the driver of one of the cars.

He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not believed to be serious.

Watch manager Bruce Keeling went to the scene, along with two appliances from Central Fire Station.

He said: "We had to remove the roof of the car, then remove the doors and then the rear posts. The car won't be used again.

"We used cutting equipment to remove the roof and door then we used a saw to remove the glass.

"We had some dry powder down to ensure there was no fire and then we used hand tools to make the vehicle safe by removing the battery.

"The other car was also seriously damaged although we didn't have to cut anyone out of that one.

"I would say the gentleman was taken to hospital as a precaution more than anything. He would probably be very shaken and very bruised."

While the road was closed traffic was diverted along Clumber Street. The road had been cleared by about 3.45pm.

Meanwhile, in West Bridgford, firefighters were dispatched to Loughborough Road at 4am on Saturday to deal with a car which had crashed into a wall.

One person was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre after the vehicle hit the garden wall of a detached house.

A pile of rubble and fencing remained at the front of the house over the weekend.

One resident living across the road, who asked not to be named, said: "There's been a 'to let' sign on the house for some time and it came down a couple of weeks ago but I don't think the people have moved in yet.

"I didn't hear or see anything because I was asleep. I did wonder what had happened when I saw it in the morning. It looks a bit of a mess."

A police spokesman said: "All of the occupants of the vehicle were arrested."

Information about injuries, how many people were in the vehicle, and what they were arrested on suspicion of, was unavailable last night. Reported by This is 3 hours ago.
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Cyclist who broke back in crash faces fight to walk again

September 9, 2013, 12:59 am
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Cyclist who broke back in crash faces fight to walk again This is Hull and East Riding --

A Hull man whose back was broken in two places when he was knocked from his bicycle faces a long struggle to walk again. Cliff Hattersley, 59, was cycling to his son's house from his home in The Quadrant when he was hit side-on by a car.

Mr Hattersley was thrown from his bike by the impact and suffered two fractures in his vertebrae.

X-rays revealed emergency surgery would be needed to help it fully heal.

His wife Linda said: "He couldn't get out of the bed at hospital.

"He couldn't stand up on his own. I would rather it was a broken arm or a leg but it's such a serious thing, a back injury.

"It's not something you easily recover from."

Mr Hattersley's son was away from his home in Priory Road, so he was heading round to check on it.

As he cycled around the roundabout where Fairfax Avenue joins Cottingham Road, he was in a collision with a silver Vauxhall Astra.

He did not lose consciousness and even spoke to his wife on the phone after being picked up by emergency services.

It was at first thought his injuries were minor, before an X-ray revealed the bad news.

Mrs Hattersley, 59, said: "He didn't sound too bad on the phone.

"He got a bang on the head and he hurt his shoulder but he never lost consciousness.

"I didn't think it was that serious."

But a CT scan revealed her husband had suffered an unstable fracture.

His vertebrae was broken his in two places, meaning his back might not heal properly on its own.

The family was given two choices – 12 weeks of bed rest coupled with therapy from a specialist unit at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, or an immediate operation.

They decided surgery was the best option, and on Friday afternoon, Mr Hattersley had screws and rods put into his back to help it heal properly.

He is still in hospital and is walking only hesitantly with a zimmer frame but hopes to make a full recovery.

Mrs Hattersley said: "They're trying to get him home at the beginning of this week. But with the pain he was in and him not being able to stand, I will just have to see how it goes when the doctors see him.

"It's hard not knowing what the outcome will be yet. Once I know the outcome, I will be relieved."

Her husband, who no longer drives, is fitted with a pacemaker and started cycling to improve his health.

The couple do not yet know if he will get on a bike again.

Mrs Hattersley said: "The doctors said he will have less mobility but whether he will be able to cycle again I don't know.

"He's usually full of jokes. He's not himself at the moment but he will get back there.

"There was nothing he could have done to protect himself. The police said about him having a helmet but a helmet wouldn't have stopped a broken back."

The crash happened just before 8am on Wednesday last week.

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Friends mourn ‘legend of a lad’ killed in crash

September 8, 2013, 11:47 pm
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A MAN who died after an island car crash was described last night as “a legend of a lad”. Reported by Press and Journal 4 hours ago.
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Woman injured as crash shuts M4

September 9, 2013, 12:43 am
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BBC Local News: Berkshire -- A woman is seriously injured in a crash involving two cars and a lorry which has closed the M4 motorway. Reported by BBC Local News 3 hours ago.
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Two seriously hurt as crash shuts M4

September 9, 2013, 12:57 am
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BBC Local News: Wiltshire -- Two people are seriously injured in a crash involving two cars and a lorry which closed the M4 motorway. Reported by BBC Local News 3 hours ago.
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Sheppey bridge crash involves 100 vehicles

September 5, 2013, 1:47 am
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Emergency services attend incident on A249 in Kent

More than 100 vehicles have been involved in an accident in misty conditions on a bridge, with reports of serious injuries.

The crash occurred on the new Sheppey crossing bridge on the A249 in Kent at 7.15am and emergency services were dealing with the incident

A Kent police spokeswoman said visibility was a problem over the bridge, but it was not clear whether that caused the pile-up.

Motorists were warned to avoid the area. Reported by guardian.co.uk 5 days ago.
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Sheppey crash: more than 100 vehicles in pile-up in misty conditions in Kent

September 5, 2013, 1:55 am
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The crash occurred on the new Sheppey crossing bridge on the A249 in Kent this morning and more than 200 people were injured. Reported by MailOnline 5 days ago.
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Motorcyclist dead after crash in Holton-cum-Beckering

September 9, 2013, 8:09 am
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Motorcyclist dead after crash in Holton-cum-Beckering This is Lincolnshire -- A 21-year-old motorcyclist has died following a crash involving a group of bikers. The man came off the B1202 Wragby Road at Holton-cum-Beckering with two other riders as they took a bend on Sunday. Police say they were part of a group of five or six riders. They had been travelling from Horncastle when they turned a corner along the B1202 Wragby Road at Holton-cum-Beckering. Three bikers left the road as they took the bend – leaving one with serious injuries. The 21-year-old man, from Scunthorpe, was taken by air ambulance to Lincoln County Hospital. However he died later that day. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward who may have seen the group riding from Horncastle or who may have seen the collision on the B1202. Anyone who saw the crash can contact the Collision Witness Hotline on 01522 558855. Reported by This is 21 hours ago.
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Multi-car crash on M20 between J8 and J9 - 'Approach with caution'

September 10, 2013, 3:18 am
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Multi-car crash on M20 between J8 and J9 - 'Approach with caution' This is Kent -- Firefighters freed a motorist trapped inside a vehicle this afternoon after a four car crash on the M20. Three lanes have now reopened between the junctions 8 near Ashford and 9 (Leeds Castle) on the Londonbound carriageway. But the Highways Agency is warning motorists delays of up to two hours are expected. Kent Police were called to the accident after 2.30pm. Injuries were reported but they are not believed to be life-threatening. Reported by This is 2 hours ago.
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Thai Airways and that logo – just part of post-plane-crash etiquette?

September 9, 2013, 10:30 am
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Thai Airways has been criticised for attempting to protect its image by painting over the plane's purple and gold logo with black paint after this week's crash. So what other post-crash activity should we know about?

You could call it a coverup. Just hours after a Thai Airways jet skidded off a Bangkok runway last night, leading to the frantic evacuation of 288 passengers, workers painted over the plane's distinctive purple and gold logo with black paint. Concealing the logo may seem a somewhat futile move, considering the plane spent the morning resting in the grass next to the runway with evacuation slides hanging out, but it is thought to be a damage limitation move by the airline, hoping to protect its reputation just two weeks after 20 passengers were injured after another Thai Airways plane hit heavy turbulence near Hong Kong. Yet, in an area of protocol designed to manage one of our most feared occurrences, the airline is not the first to engage in one of the more bizarre examples of post-plane-crash etiquette …

**Why do airlines paint over the logo?**

Described by a Thai Airways official following yesterday's incident as the "crisis communication rule", there have been several occasions in the past when airlines have rushed to paint over a plane's livery following a crash. Take the Alitalia crash in February this year, when the ATR-72 plane veered off the runway in Rome, injuring 16 people. Giancarlo Schisano, Alitalia's director of operations, described the scramble to black out the airline logo as a "routine practice used all over the world". Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, he said: "Blocking out a carrier's livery is a normal way of protecting a company's reputation, and even more in this case, because it is not an Alitalia plane." Indeed, despite being originally coated in red, white and green , the plane was leased from a Romanian budget airline, Carpatair. No surprise then, that the only marking left on the plane by workmen was a small Romanian flag.

**What happens to the black box?*
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Black boxes (which are actually bright orange with reflective strips) are officially known as flight data recorders. They are thought to have picked up the nickname due to the original 1939 design being a photographic based system, that recorded using a piece of film and required the inside of the box to be pitch black in the same way as a dark room. Black boxes are mandatory on any commercial or corporate jet; as well as collecting data, they record all crew conversations and sounds from the cockpit. Crucial to finding out the cause of an accident, the box can withstand a fire of 1,100C for up to an hour and is sometimes the only device to survive. To minimise the damage done to them, black boxes are always installed in the tail of the plane – which is usually the last section to impact. After a crash, investigators will race to find the box to analyse its contents for clues.

**What happens to the pilots?*
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Unless vandalism or terrorism is suspected, the site of a plane crash is not considered to be a crime scene and should the pilots have survived, they are free to go to their hotel. However, air crash investigators will rigorously interview the crew and compare this with recordings on the black box. The human performance team will conduct interviews, toxicology tests, speak to family and friends of the crew and even assess the airline's corporate culture. Questions can include anything from what major personal life changes the pilots have experienced, to what the mood of the crew was before the flight.

**What happens to your luggage?**

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Anyone who has had the pleasure of listening to the in-flight safety guidance will know that in the event of an emergency, one should not rush back to their seat in order to grab the Cointreau and Toblerone you picked up in duty free. This didn't stop traumatised passengers back in July, who calmly collected their luggage while exiting, as their Asiana Airlines Flight 214 burned on the runway of San Francisco airport. They might be forgiven if they knew the official process; airlines are usually unable to access luggage while the crash is still being investigated and usually end up just compensating passengers for the loss of belongings instead, in accordance with the standard contract of carriage.

**How are passengers compensated?**

Compared to other compensation claims, getting a payment after a plane crash is relatively straightforward. This is because it is not necessary for the person seeking damages to prove that any negligence has occurred. The Montreal Convention, which was adopted in 1999 by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and brought into UK law in 2002, sets out the terms of compensation for international flights and holds airlines under strict liability in the event of any injury to a passenger. However, despite this international treaty, passengers from different countries may still receive different payouts as they have the choice to seek compensation where they live, at their final destination, where the ticket was issued, where the air carrier is based, or the location where the air carrier mainly operates. Payouts for the death of a child in a plane crash in the US could be up to $10m, while past cases in South Korea have seen payouts closer to $500,000.

**What happens to the flight number?**

Despite three passengers losing their lives as a result of the Asiana Flight 214 crash, the plane continued to "fly" between Seoul and San Francisco for over a month before the airline officially retired the flight number this August, renaming it Flight 212. While, for obvious reasons, airlines usually do retire flight numbers after a crash, it is not a given and nor does it relate to the severity of the accident. For example, the US Airways Flight 1549, which was famously landed into the Hudson river, saving all passengers, is no longer in use, while the Delta Flight 723 which crashed in Boston in 1973 killing everyone on board is now back in use, albeit on a different route. Despite the numbers of the United Airlines flights involved in the 9/11 attacks being permanently retired, an apparent computer error led to them being reassigned in 2011 – much to the shock of prospective passengers. The union that represents United's flight attendants described this as a "terrible misstep", while an airline spokesman said the glitch "should not have happened". Reported by guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago.
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Vet injured in racers' crash

September 10, 2013, 2:58 am
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A VET was injured when her car was wrecked in a crash caused by two friends racing each other on a twisting country lane.

Craig Hillman and Steven Dillon were driving too fast, overtaking other cars and hurtling around corners on the wrong side of the road.

Dillon lost control, hit an oncoming vehicle and rebounded into the path of vet Mary Noon, whose Vauxhall Astra took the brunt of the impact, Exeter Crown Court was told.

The two friends were speeding on the A3137 between Witheridge and Tiverton before the head-on crash in June.

Quarry worker Hillman, 29, of Ford Road, Tiverton, admitted dangerous driving and his sentence was adjourned for reports by Recorder Mr Robert Linford.

Dillon, also from Tiverton, pleaded guilty to a similar charge at Central Devon Magistrates' Court and his case was committed for sentence to the Crown Court, where they will both be dealt with next month.

The Recorder told him that he was not considering a jail sentence but a ban of at least 12 months was mandatory.

James Taghdissian, prosecuting, said the four-car pile-up was caused by Hillman and Dillon driving too fast, overtaking dangerously and going onto the wrong side of the road.

He said: "They were racing each other. They were driving far too fast and at times were driving on the wrong side of the road.

"This was a typical Devon country road where they were in effect overtaking other traffic regardless of whether it was safe to do so.

"They went round a corner with Dillon in front and he lost control. His car hit the passenger door of one vehicle and ricocheted and hit the vet's car, colliding side on.

"Hillman's car was following and he braked and tried to take avoiding action but was involved in a further minor collision."

Taghdissian said vet Mary Noon and Dillon's girlfriend, who was a passenger in his Ford Focus, were both injured.

Joss Ticehurst, defending, said Hillman had a steady job in stone and quarry work and was concerned about the effect of losing his licence. He said his wife was expecting their first child in December. Reported by This is 2 hours ago.
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Drink-driver Carol Henry was four times over limit after crash

September 10, 2013, 3:15 am
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Drink-driver Carol Henry was four times over limit after crash This is Staffordshire --

PARENT Carol Henry was more than four times over the drink-drive limit when she crashed into a car.

Police arrested the 48-year-old at the scene of the Baddeley Green crash after suspecting she had been drinking.

Former care worker Henry had run into the back of a car at 'low speed' in Leek New Road at about 7pm on July 26.

Now magistrates have handed Henry, of Pleydell Street, Sneyd Green, a three-year driving ban and ordered her to carry out 210 hours unpaid work.

Geoff Gibson, prosecuting, told North Staffordshire Justice Centre yesterday: "After speaking to the defendant, police asked her to give a roadside breath test which gave a positive reading.

"She was arrested and taken to the police station."

At the station Henry's lowest reading was 151 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the legal limit is 35.

The single-mum pleaded guilty to drink-driving at a court hearing on August 16 and was handed an interim driving ban.

Rob Hill, defending, told the court his client had been experiencing problems in recent times.

He said: "I accept you do not get readings like that in court most of the time.

"This was a one-off, she has no previous convictions and before this had a clean driving licence.

"It is easy to sit at home and drink when you are experiencing problems and to just carry on.

"This is a lady who needs some help. She has a child at home and so if she went to prison there would be nobody there.

"The incident was more of an accumulation of drink rather than one session.

"However it is something that won't happen again. She is horrified to be in court."

Mr Hill also told the court his client was currently unable to drive on medical grounds after suffering from blackouts.

The court heard Henry could have been jailed for the offence.

Magistrate David Evans told Henry: "This has not been an easy decision to make as this is an offence which crosses the custody threshold."

Henry was also given an 18 month community and supervision order, which includes sessions with Aquarius alcohol services. She was also told to pay £85 costs.

Mr Evans added: "We feel this sentence will not only punish you but provide some support." Reported by This is 2 hours ago.
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Guatemala bus crash: at least 44 killed after overcrowded bus plunges from clifftop into river

September 10, 2013, 1:38 am
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Guatemalan government declared three days of national mourning after the crash which happened around 40 miles northwest of the capital Guatemala City yesterday. Reported by MailOnline 4 hours ago.
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Driver critical after crash in Greetham

September 10, 2013, 3:21 am
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Driver critical after crash in Greetham This is Leicestershire -- A driver is in a critical condition after a crash in Greetham, near Oakham. The crash happened at about 2.30am on Saturday (September 7) on the A1 northbound near to the Woolfox lay-by. It involved a green Volkswagen Passat and an HGV, which was parked in a lay-by. The driver of the Passat was taken to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a critical condition. The driver of the HGV was not injured. Detective Constable Paul Bingham said: "The Passat left the carriageway and collided with the HGV before coming to rest in the road. "I would like to appeal to anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the vehicle beforehand to please contact me." Anyone with any information is asked to contact DC 1288 Paul Bingham on 101. Reported by This is 2 hours ago.
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Tributes to police officer Shazahan Wadud killed in Wanstead motorbike crash

September 10, 2013, 3:13 am
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The motorcyclist killed in a crash in Wanstead has been described as “lovely” man who “got on well with everyone” by his devastated father. Reported by London24 2 hours ago.
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Hunt for Shoreham cat which escaped crash

September 10, 2013, 4:44 am
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A Shoreham woman who survived a serious car crash is appealing for help to find her missing cat who escaped from the wreckage. Reported by The Argus 32 minutes ago.
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Man held over motorcycle crash death

September 10, 2013, 4:44 am
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BBC Local News: Kent -- A man is arrested following the death of a 44-year-old motorcyclist in a crash involving a lorry in Kent. Reported by BBC Local News 32 minutes ago.
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Driver, 21, killed in A4042 crash

September 10, 2013, 4:46 am
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A 21-year-old car driver dies in a crash involving four vehicles in Monmouthshire which also closes a road for several hours. Reported by BBC News 30 minutes ago.
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Fatal island crash victim named

September 7, 2013, 11:08 am
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A driver who died in a two-car crash on Orkney is named by police as a 36-year-old man from the island. Reported by BBC News 6 days ago.
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Man named after fatal island crash

September 7, 2013, 10:26 am
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BBC Local News: North-East Scotland and Northern Isles -- A driver who died in a two-car crash on Orkney is named by police as a 36-year-old man from the island. Reported by BBC Local News 6 days ago.
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