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Huge accident on M5
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How did they all catch fire? Was it some sort of pile up? Or did I miss something? Looks absolutely terrifying, RIP to those that died.
Think one of the lorries was a petrol tanker. Someone may have been smoking. Sparks from the crash could've ignited. Probably a "what are the chances" thing.
RIP the ones that lost their lives, but the injured have my sympathies.
And consequently, had this happened, traffic behind was travelling to close and / or too fast for the conditions, hence the pile up.
You should leave at least a 2 second gap in normal conditions, a lot more in rain / fog to anticipate situations like this.
What's so hard to grasp?
RIP to those who died in this horiffic accident
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Just saw this on the news this morning - very sad, it is a road I use often
People do drive like idiots on the M5 though and there was a lot of fog down this way last night.
RIP
People do drive like idiots on the M5 though and there was a lot of fog down this way last night.
RIP
Just saw this on the news this morning - very sad, it is a road I use often
People do drive like idiots on the M5 though and there was a lot of fog down this way last night.
RIP
People drive like idiots on all roads unfortunately. This from a friend who was visiting the carnival last night: The conditions were horrendous last night, yet people were still tearing past us at stupid speeds whilst tailgating, others were bimbling at 60mph in the middle lane.
Tragic waste of life
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My God, there is some speculation & pure bull**** in this thread!
Its IMPOSSIBLE to say what happened, it could have been a multitude of reasons, and most likely a combination of many.
You don't need to be "driving like an idiot" or "doing 80" to suddenly find yourself in a pile up.
And no surprise to find many assume it was the HGV's at fault.
Whilst I have a pretty good idea as to whats most likely to have happened, now is not the time nor place to go into it.
RIP to all concerned.
Its IMPOSSIBLE to say what happened, it could have been a multitude of reasons, and most likely a combination of many.
You don't need to be "driving like an idiot" or "doing 80" to suddenly find yourself in a pile up.
And no surprise to find many assume it was the HGV's at fault.
Whilst I have a pretty good idea as to whats most likely to have happened, now is not the time nor place to go into it.
RIP to all concerned.
Indeed RIP to those unfortunate people.
I was on the other carriageway last night as it was my rota for overtime to Bridgwater.
It couldn't of happened on a worse night.. Not meaning weather wise but because of Bridgy Carnival. The whole town is closed to through traffic and there isn't really any other way round if there is an incident on the M5.
We were pulled off at J23 (I normally leave at J24 for showground road) but traffic simply had nowhere to go.
I ran out of hours whilst looking at our Express Park operation. (People doubled up on the dual carriageway which meant I couldn't turn right at the roundabout into Express Park).
Speculation wise.. Staff at EP heard it was because people were queuing on the M5 N @ J24 to go to the carnival.
History wise, The section of M5 around J23 is a magnet for incidents. I have no idea why.
This time last year local rozzers were chasing a burgler in a stolen car onto the M5 N @ 23.. He crashed into a few people... Got out and ran across the carriageway, jumped the central armco and...... Splat !!
Yes I was in that Queue too... It must be me.. I'm like that bloke who always appeared in disaster movies (Towering inferno, Earthquake, Airplane).. If you see me.. Leg it.. There must be a disaster happening somewhere.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to make light of it all.
I was on the other carriageway last night as it was my rota for overtime to Bridgwater.
It couldn't of happened on a worse night.. Not meaning weather wise but because of Bridgy Carnival. The whole town is closed to through traffic and there isn't really any other way round if there is an incident on the M5.
We were pulled off at J23 (I normally leave at J24 for showground road) but traffic simply had nowhere to go.
I ran out of hours whilst looking at our Express Park operation. (People doubled up on the dual carriageway which meant I couldn't turn right at the roundabout into Express Park).
Speculation wise.. Staff at EP heard it was because people were queuing on the M5 N @ J24 to go to the carnival.
History wise, The section of M5 around J23 is a magnet for incidents. I have no idea why.
This time last year local rozzers were chasing a burgler in a stolen car onto the M5 N @ 23.. He crashed into a few people... Got out and ran across the carriageway, jumped the central armco and...... Splat !!
Yes I was in that Queue too... It must be me.. I'm like that bloke who always appeared in disaster movies (Towering inferno, Earthquake, Airplane).. If you see me.. Leg it.. There must be a disaster happening somewhere.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to make light of it all.