'Cars ploughed into each other like a concertina... it was horrific': Witnesses descr

[super jumbe]

Eyewitnesses of the Sheppey car crash this morning have described how vehicles 'ploughed into each other like a concertina'.

A 100-vehicle pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog left at least six people seriously injured and 200 suffering minor wounds in what witnesses described as 'carnage'.


No one is believed to have died in the crash on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent. It started at around 7.15am and continued for 10 minutes as cars and lorries crashed into each other in visibility that was down to 20 yards.


One witness, who would not be named, told Kent Online: 'There was debris on our side of the road from the accident, then we saw the first part of the crash - there was cars, lorries, vans, ploughed into each other like a concertina...I've never anything like this before in my life.'

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sheppey-car-crash-100-vehicles-kent-bridge-motorists-drivers-collision-094450208.html#MfO45R1

[Kalipo]

Actually there was 108.. transporter had 8 cars on its trailer..

[super jumbe]

Actually there was 108.. transporter had 8 cars on its trailer..

Because those cars on trailers are classified as scrap cars.

Miraculous my arse, its the consequence of 50 years of constantly improving vehicle safety design, mind you makes me wonder when we have s***d camera 24/7 why not fog early warning signs is not used often?? Many cars sold in the USA are fitted with photoelectric sensors that automatically switch on the dipped headlights in the case of warning, although we in UK most cars are fitted with rear parking sensor system; our govt should force the motor industry to come up with the early warning for sensor.

[Meat-Head]

A 100-vehicle pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog left at least six people seriously injured and 200 suffering minor wounds in what witnesses described as 'carnage'.


No one is believed to have died in the crash on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent. It started at around 7.15am and continued for 10 minutes as cars and lorries crashed into each other in visibility that was down to 20 yards.

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Thanks for that always woundered where "Heavy Fog" was, somewhere near Kent then.

So question be:-

1) Hello i would like to claim on my car insurancse please.

That's fine any other cars involved?

Yes like red ballons, 99

Oh, your insurancse only covers you to 1 million quid, sorry, good bye.

2) Did anybody loose any fingers, arms, legs, heads etc etc?


3) No wounder with it happens with at least 3 fire engines on the wrong side of the road

[Kalipo]

I wonder how many of them involved where actual DK moderators??

gmb45 (duf45 - shoutbox moderator) has been acting really strange today! he says theres lag on the site but i bet he has fog in his broadband router modem.. or he doesnt have admin privledges to logon to his router to reboot it??

Either way.. all those involved need 3 points.. pure coincidence there going on about how many points people have today??? they say a women has 42 dk points on her licence!

[GastonJ]

It also makes a fine case for the government to fit s***d limiters/black boxes to cars....... the timing of this is impeccable, more than a coincidence.

[ifred]

The din from all the rear parking sensors going off must of been deafening!
Well the the Govt accident reduction figures stuffed in 1 day --Annus horribilis ( latin for BMW up your Khyber)

[Meat-Head]

It also makes a fine case for the government to fit s***d limiters/black boxes to cars....... the timing of this is impeccable, more than a coincidence.

Right ok, there was fog 20 yeards visability, surly there limited to sPEAd rarher than sPEAd in fog
susspso
see makes it easy for the fuzz to limit yourr car whilst chasing you.