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Massive 100-vehicle pile-up on a UK bridge
05 Sep 2013 at 13:12hrs | Views
A 100-vehicle pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog today left eight people seriously injured and 200 with minor wounds in what witnesses called 'carnage'.
The incident on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent started at 7.15am and continued for 10 minutes as cars and lorries crashed into each other.
Nobody is believed to have died in the A249 pile-up which saw visibility drop to just 20 yards, but there were reports of some motorists driving 'like idiots'.
The scene was full of buckled cars, lorries and even a car transporter as people waited at the side of the road to receive help from emergency services.
People were reportedly trapped and 30 ambulances and response vehicles went to the scene, with some casualties receiving treatment at the roadside.
Police admitted this afternoon in a press conference that it was 'truly miraculous' no-one was killed in the pile-up, which saw 33 people taken to hospital.
Lives were probably saved after a quick-thinking lorry driver used his truck to block the entrance to the bridge and stop more cars piling into the crash.
The incident on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent started at 7.15am and continued for 10 minutes as cars and lorries crashed into each other.
Nobody is believed to have died in the A249 pile-up which saw visibility drop to just 20 yards, but there were reports of some motorists driving 'like idiots'.
People were reportedly trapped and 30 ambulances and response vehicles went to the scene, with some casualties receiving treatment at the roadside.
Police admitted this afternoon in a press conference that it was 'truly miraculous' no-one was killed in the pile-up, which saw 33 people taken to hospital.
Lives were probably saved after a quick-thinking lorry driver used his truck to block the entrance to the bridge and stop more cars piling into the crash.
Source - Daily Mail
