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Fatal motorhome crash on the M6
413733 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:00 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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Sad to report that I have found this report on the BBC website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7359842.stm

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413741 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:09 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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oh dear I do hope hes not one of us!
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413742 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:12 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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Everyone's worse nightmare - I wonder if he had a blow out which caused him to cross the reservation - was he in the outside lane at the time?? Questions, questions - and so young too.

Thinking of the family

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413746 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:28 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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Terrible news,even worse when it's a young person in the prime of life,I feel so sad for those he has left behind.It doesn't actually say in the report that the deceased was in the m/home,he may have been in the car or taxi travelling on the opposite carriageway.

I thought the central reservation barriers on motorways were designed to bounce back vehicles onto their carriageway in the event of a collision,I wonder how the m/home managed to crash through the barriers and into the oncoming traffic,no doubt there will be an enquiry.

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413750 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:34 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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That is terrible news, I feel for the family of the young man and hope the other 2 will be okay Sad Sad

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413765 PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:57 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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I drove past the crash this afternoon and it was horrible. It makes me think twice about anyone travelling in the back of my motorhome as it was ripped in half so easily.

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http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/warrnews/display.var.2213181.0.updated_man_killed_in_motorway_smash.php

The side which is out of the picture was completely cut away from front to back. Way too vulnerable in a crash.
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That is so scary, and horrific, the pictures really bring it home how vulnerable a motorhome is, I hope its no one we know from here

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StevieT wrote:
I drove past the crash this afternoon and it was horrible. It makes me think twice about anyone travelling in the back of my motorhome as it was ripped in half so easily.

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The side which is out of the picture was completely cut away from front to back. Way too vulnerable in a crash.


That is horrendous, you would'nt think that such a vehicle could crumble as that has done, must have been some impact? You never know the minute really do you and I bet it all happened so fast. My thoughts are with those involved and relatives of the dec'd and injured.

We were on M6 northbound today but were not in that section.

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StevieT wrote:
I drove past the crash this afternoon and it was horrible. It makes me think twice about anyone travelling in the back of my motorhome as it was ripped in half so easily.

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The side which is out of the picture was completely cut away from front to back. Way too vulnerable in a crash.


That is horrendous, you would'nt think that such a vehicle could crumble as that has done, must have been some impact? You never know the minute really do you and I bet it all happened so fast. My thoughts are with those involved and relatives of the dec'd and injured.

We were on M6 northbound today but were not in that section.

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very sad indeed.be careful out there people.

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