Minibus crash closes two lanes of M40 (From Bicester Advertiser)
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Minibus crash closes two lanes of M40
6:11pm Sunday 25th November 2012 in News
By Damian Fantato, covering Summertown, Jericho and North Oxford. Call me on 01865 425429
TWO lanes of the M40 are closed after a minibus overturned on the southbound carriageway.
The first and second lanes are closed between junction nine and junction 10 after the crash at around 5pm.
An air ambulance was on the scene along with paramedics, who took two people to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Comments(13)
redstone
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3:05pm Mon 26 Nov 12
King Joke
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4:46pm Mon 26 Nov 12
redstone wrote:Why? Because they let idiots drive. Licences are handed out like sweets to people who can behave themselves for twenty minutes with an examiner in the car, and spend the rest of their lives carrying on with scant regard for the safety of others.
Another mini bus overturning on the M40? Why ??
Given that this was on a motorway, where all you have to do is drive in a sodding straight line, I suspect this crash was caused by texting or otherwise fiddling with a mobile phone. I see someone do this on an almost daily basis.
Doodles99
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8:40pm Mon 26 Nov 12
The problem was speed & impatience.
Even when I drove back on the M40 today, folk were tailgating other cars in the rain at 80mph. ...... and, lo & behold, another car had hit the back of someone and then the barrier.
My wife's grandad had a lovely saying. Better to be a little late in this world then too early for the next.
Please drive safely guys, leave a little gap & remember, everyone wants to get home, in one piece.
King Joke
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8:32am Tue 27 Nov 12
All of these idiots need a few months' ban to focus their minds on behaving sensibly.
Motorways are by far the safest roads, if used as designed. If people are too arrogantt, impatient or incompetent to use their vehicles correctly then they need the privelege withdrawn.
Pavinder Msvarensy
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11:18am Tue 27 Nov 12
Doodles99
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11:45am Tue 27 Nov 12
Hope that helps.
Guess letting someone undertake doesn't always pay off when you don't see them and then they slam their brakes.
boxfish
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12:38pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Doodles99
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1:32pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Every time we make our own rules up on the motorway, we put ours and others lives at risk!
Doodles99
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1:32pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Every time we make our own rules up on the motorway, we put ours and others lives at risk!
Doodles99
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1:32pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Every time we make our own rules up on the motorway, we put ours and others lives at risk!
Doodles99
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1:33pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Every time we make our own rules up on the motorway, we put ours and others lives at risk!
bringin12
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5:38pm Thu 13 Dec 12
Doodles99 wrote:Hi doodles, I was one of the passengers in the overturned minibus and need to give details of a witness. Would you kindly be able to help?
Your comments are valuable, however, I was 100 yds behind the accident yesterday, a car tried to undertake the minibus because people were impatient and speeding. The minibus driver never stood a chance & went straight into the back of the car, catapulting him into the air at about 45 degrees to about 20 ft high. The minibus then overturned in midair & impacted the carriageway upside down before sliding into the hard shoulder. It's a miracle that no one was killed.
The problem was speed & impatience.
Even when I drove back on the M40 today, folk were tailgating other cars in the rain at 80mph. ...... and, lo & behold, another car had hit the back of someone and then the barrier.
My wife's grandad had a lovely saying. Better to be a little late in this world then too early for the next.
Please drive safely guys, leave a little gap & remember, everyone wants to get home, in one piece.
Cathena says...
9:02am Mon 26 Nov 12