Re: Motorway crash involving UK Scimitar Tanks

["erik kump" <ebkump-at-hotmail.com>]

Wow, whover cut that truck off should be horsewhipped. Or do they do canings 
in jolly old England these days?

Erik "Glad I wasn't in oncoming traffic" Kump


>From: Crawford Alan <Alan.Crawford-at-services.fujitsu.com>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: "RCTankCombat (E-mail)" <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
>Subject: Motorway crash involving UK Scimitar Tanks
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:02:35 +0100
>
>I hope everyone takes care while transporting your 'little' beauties to the
>war games.
>
>Regards
>Alan Crawford
>UK
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>2003/06/11 15:25:31 GMT
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>Five killed in M1 crash
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>Five people have been killed in an 11-vehicle pile-up on the M1 in
>Leicestershire.
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>Several cars and lorries collided with the army vehicles north of Junction
>19 near Lutterworth just after 0730 BST on Wednesday.
>
>Eyewitnesses say the accident happened after a military transporter
>jack-knifed and scattered armoured vehicles across the carriageway. Up to 
>60
>emergency teams were involved in cutting survivors from the wreckage,
>airlifting two people to hospital in Birmingham and taking a further six to
>the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
>
>
>Four people died at the scene or soon afterwards and one of the people
>airlifted to Birmingham died later in hospital.
>
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>Motorway 'carnage'
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>Two armoured vehicles were left upturned on the carriageway, which was also
>covered in debris.
>
>
>Motorist Brian Brooks, who saw the accident happen, said: "The trailer 
>broke
>away and spun around, jack-knifed, and went through the central barrier and
>the tanks rolled off. "Everything they hit - well - they didn't even look
>damaged. They just smashed everything in their path. "Carnage was the right
>word."
>
>The BBC's Anthony Bartram, was travelling just a short distance from the
>collision. He said: "In front of me is a scene of absolute carnage and the
>police helicopter is hovering above.
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>Army base
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>"The air ambulance is in a field just adjacent to the M1 and it looks like
>they are lifting someone out of the wreckage. "It looks like there are
>anywhere up to five lorries involved at least three have been smashed to
>pieces."
>
>
>The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says a civilian vehicle pulled in front of 
>the
>transporter, causing it to jack-knife. A spokesman said three lightly
>armoured Scimitars - which had just come back from the Gulf - were 
>involved.
>They were being taken from Marchwood in Hampshire to the army's base in
>Catterick, North Yorkshire. It was not yet known which regiment they
>belonged to but it is not thought any MoD personnel were injured in the
>crash.
>
>Motorists are being advised to avoid the area if at all possible, and
>tailbacks are stretching into Northamptonshire. A police spokesman said the
>motorway may not re-open until Thursday morning. Traffic was diverted to
>other routes but the M6, M69, A14 and A46 were all affected by the
>congestion. A spokesman for the Automobile Association said: "It's a bleak
>scenario. It's effectively bringing the region to a grinding halt.
>
>
>Stretched resources
>
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>"The M1's a key north-south arterial route and once that's in a 
>stranglehold
>everything comes to a halt, like a concertina effect." The M1 is believed 
>to
>carry about 150,000 vehicles a day, he said. England fans travelling to
>tonight's Euro 2004 qualifier against Slovakia in Middlesbrough were
>expected to be hit by the delays. Phil Morris of the East Midlands 
>Ambulance
>Service said: "We would ask people to think carefully about making 999 
>calls
>as this incident has put a large hole in our resources."
>
>
>The weight of the military vehicles means police will have to wait for
>specialist equipment to be able to move them to clear the carriageways.
>
>
>Crash motorway reopens
>
>
>Thursday, 12 June, 2003, 11:30 GMT 12:30 UK
>
>Police investigations have confirmed the first collision was between a dark
>red Honda Civic and a tank transporter on the northbound carriageway at
>about 0730 BST. The car had been travelling from London while the
>transporter and another similar vehicle had joined the M1 at Junction 15.
>The lorry was transporting armoured vehicles returning from the conflict in
>Iraq to Catterick in North Yorkshire from Marchwood in Hampshire.
>
>
>Two people were airlifted to hospitals in Birmingham, where one later died.
>Six others were taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary. It is expected those 
>who
>died will be formally identified on Thursday.
>
>A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said: "We believe that a vehicle
>pulled out in front of the transporter, which then swerved and 
>jack-knifed."
>The transporter had been hired by the MoD and was being driven by a
>civilian. No MoD personnel were involved in the crash.
>
>
>The accident caused massive tailbacks along many routes across the region,
>including the M6, M69, A14 and A46. Hundreds of vehicles were trapped in 
>the
>closed section while emergency services rescued survivors and cleared away
>the wreckage. The Highways Agency has spent much of the night making 
>repairs
>to damaged areas of the road surface.
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