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just been out with the dog whalley road has been closed off .thers been a serious crash opposite the crown pub only one vehicle involved a white car .it has crashed into a front garden wall.the fire brigade have had to cut out the inhabitants dont know if there is any fatalities but looks like they were seriously injured one male had to be cut out of the boot and two out the front happened about 45 mins ago..:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

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God that sounds bad......hope they are ok :(:(:(

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Just found this newspaper report - drink driving involved
http://www.lancashireeveningtelegrap...road_smash.php

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I hope everyone will recover but, if drink driving was involved, then I feel sorry for the owner of the wall.

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stupid idiots they could have took some other poor sod with em, what where they teenagers in fast car?
what if someone was walking past there at the time?
i would hate to imagine what would have happened!!

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Yeah teenagers,it just said on Rock FM The driver was19 and was drunk,the lad in boot was 16.All together there was 6 in the car:eek: including the lad in the boot,and it was a white Vauxhall Astra.

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stupid idiots...... what would have happened if that car had exploded?? the fire Brigade wouldn't have even thought to look in the boot for somebody....:(

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When will they ever learn that cars are not toys!! :mad:

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Idiots. thankfully no innocents where hurt.:mad:

Wonder what the driver will get for probably.

Drink driving, No Insurance, Probably no licence, MOT and possibaly previous.

Lets see - £200 Fine and banned for 6 months.:mad:

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I seriously think the age limit of driving should be raised to 21. We all at the age of 18 think nothing will happen to us, and they think they are invincible :(


I think by the time you get to 21 life has taught you that little bit more and sensibility kicks in.

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They should of nowe drinking and driveing don,t mix but how can you tell them at that age

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Hope they all recover and learn from this, think they should all be prosecuted, anyone in a car with a drunk driver is just as much to blame IMO.

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Yes I agree .... if you are aware that the driver has been drinking then yes they are just as much to blame and YES you get done for aiding and abetting ....... not very much when you have killed someone is it :(

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You can bog off with that idea, there is no way I am riding my bike to Preston and back every day :rolleyes::D

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Or me !!. Well I only go 3 days a week but I'm still not riding a bike :rolleyes:

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LMAO then you woke up and ate your corn flakes sweetie :rolleyes::D

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:rolleyes: dreamer

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I'd bet anything they weren't wearing seatbelts aswell.

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I don't eat cornflakes for breakfast, or anyone's sweetie for that matter :rolleyes:

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Poor you :D

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It isn't justice if you killed someone, talk about getting off lightly. I struggle to understand how anyone of any age can be stupid enough to drink and drive, I also know that its not always the young ones that do it.

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Oh yes I know that it isn't ALWAYS the young ones that drink and drive.....I think the statistics on that one would be 50/50.

But I do think the older you get the more common sense you get on the road. I know at 18 years old I would have been impressionable had my mates been in a car with me and that I would have been more inclined to SHOW OFF. But I think at 21 your more inclined to have some sense that showing off in front of your mates isn't as important as safety.

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There is a quite a difference between 18 and 21 granted Slinky, not inclined to hang around with a 'bunch' anymore, just a few selected friends, possibly a regular girl-friend, and more in a position to afford the insurance and respect the money you are earning. There would still be quite a high risk I think from 21 > 24 as still have to gain experience of anticipation, etc., and this factor causes quite a lot of the road accidents.

Also, could put the British Army in a very difficult position, need our soldiers to be able to drive I would think. ?

Hope all's well with those involved in this crash, and turns out to be just a hard lesson learned, but punishment will have to be levied on the driver obviously if proved was over the limit or driving too fast. Very sad for the parents here too.

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have they named the people involved yet?

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Oh dear:-

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...road_smash.php

Sorry, just noticed Margaret already posted this.

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Oh dear!! Doesn't sound too good :mad: Hope the little ****** makes a recovery but hopes he has learned a very valuable lesson :mad:

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I really don't think this is true.
It's just a massive generalisation of teenage drivers, of which the majority are very safe.
Of course there's idiotic drivers, but age has nothing to do with it - there's idiots in every age bracket.

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very true shaker, but statistically younger males 17-24 are at a higher risk of being in an accident... saying that sometimes I think its more to do with when you pass your test too and it could be that most young males pass their test at the younger age.

We know someone who passed their test lot later and is just as bad :rolleyes: :eek:

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if that was the case the insurance premiums dont agree with it shaker, sure theres idiots in every age bracket, just a damn sight MORE of em the younger the bracket.

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Ok, fair enough, but what I really mean is what would raising the age limit do?
It's always going to be the lowest end of the bracket most at risk of being involved in accidents, so surely it's down to the people making the tests to make sure people get more road practise instead of just learning what road signs mean!

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not in favour really of raising the age limit, take the view if yer old enough to fight n vote for yer country then you can sure as hell drive. think the answer more likely lies in the severity of sentance if caught - but theres more chance of hell freezing over than that happening.;)

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I have just been told that the young man who was travelling in the boot of the car died this afternoon. My thoughts are with his family. R.I.P.

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oh bloody hell :(:(:(

Thats awful..............R.I.P poor family.

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if this is true margaret, then my thoughts are with his family:(
but its just a shame that something like this had to happen, when are these kids going to realise that its not just them who could loose there life but their family's life is also ruined, i for one would be devastated if i lost my son, especially to a drunk driver!! these kids have to get in their heads that they destroy people lives !!!!:(

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urgh :(

my condolences to his family

r.i.p

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its not just that age range, there a lot of idiots on the rd, they should all reset thier test every few years, bet half wouldnt pass again

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Terrible news.:(

Condolences to the family.

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are there any names yet?

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Beg to differ, they actually do get u to do a lot more than that - even be psychic in some cases [aka reading other drivers minds] its not that easy to pass your test, well my case not, & now they have included hazard perception tests [which are harder than it seems], road signs are the easiest bit LOL!

The hardest thing u do is pass your test then it goes down hill from then on because lazy habits creep in.

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I'm sure you must work for the local news :D:D

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Just doing my Ena Sharples impersonation Slinky. ;)

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:D:D:D lol

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condolences to this lads family... terrible accident, seems to be a few at the moment :(

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Thats such a shame, my condolences to this poor boys family.

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There are going to be a number of very worried and anxious parents this weekend.....my thoughts go out to them too.

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I totally agree with you margaret ! i hate thinkin wot its going to be like in another 20yrs when my kids are going out and proberley driving:(I'll be a nervous wreck!!!:(

i'd like to send our condolences to the family xx

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How absolutely heartbreaking.

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Got to be hard on the parents , I don't know how you get through to young uns about stuff like this, at that age you think your going to live forever.
Maybe putting the wrecked cars up on display at the center of round-a bouts as some sort of example ?, no clean-up, the cars in exactly the same state as it was after the accident, though I'm not sure that would work , how many times have we as adults/grown-ups seen pictures of smokers lungs and yet we still smoke.

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gotta agree steeljack, i certainly thought i was invinsible and knew it all in my teens, ya just never think it'll happen to you. deepest sympathy to the parents.

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Apparently the report of this young man's death is false.....one of his so-called mates sent a text message to all his other friends yesterday saying he had died, and some of his friends even went out and bought sympathy cards.
How sick is that?
Anyway.......he is still very poorly, but at least he is alive.

Sorry for the earlier misinformation.:(

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Bloody hell margaret..... that is awful!! :eek::eek: mates like that who needs enemies ??

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Suppose someone thought that was their idea of a joke .. well, I 'aint laughing, as you say .. sick !!:(

Pleased though that this lad is alive and hope he will make a good recovery, if only to have a go at 'his mate'.

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typical teenagers! not got one brain cell between them!!!!!!!!

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They used to do something very similar on a lot of Army camps over the xmas period to try to deter people from drink driving.

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If there is anyone of a religious nature out there...please say a prayer for this young lad and his family...they need all the help they can get at this moment. He is VERY poorly.
Thanks.

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Oh so sorry to hear that Margaret. Do you know the family??

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They used to live at the bottom of our street...moved just over 12 months ago. The lad isn't a tearaway...or at least he wasn't when he lived in the street. I feel for his poor Mum....she must be out of her mind with worry.

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Tut what a shame. Hope he recovers. His poor family must be devastated and sick with worry.:(

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Whilst this has been a devastating accident, I would like to commend the emergency services on their fantastic work & their excellent response times.

I saw the car go past the pub on my cctv at 10:06pm, the first ambulance went past at 10:10pm. 4 minutes to arrive is pretty damn good.

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I hope this poor lad pulls through, does anyone know what he was doing in the boot in the first place??
why was he in there, was it a prank or did he go in on his own accord?

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There's a picture of the wrecked car in the Telegraph.

http://www.lancashireeveningtelegrap...road_smash.php

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looks like he was sat in the back of the car, because no room on the seats. at first i was thinking a enclosed boot where you cant see anything.

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Has anyone heard how this lad is??


Margaret?? :D

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the lad is still poorly!


thats all i have heard about it

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Tracey, wrong thread, thats from the fire isn't it?

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yes sorry how do i get rid of it!

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Not sure, have you still got the option of edit?

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Go to bottom of your post and press edit.......then take it off.:D

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managed to do it!

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I just thought I would update you on this thread.
I have been speaking to Lee's Mum this morning and she tells me that lee is being moved out of intensive care and into the High Dependency Unit today......he is making slow progress and will probably need to go into a rehab facility...........his future is, at the moment uncetain. What is known is that his road to recovery is going to be a long one.
Thank you to all of you who prayed for this young man.

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Its good to hear he's on the mend Margaret, thanks for keeping us informed.

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His Mum was saying that she has been overwhelmed by kindness of people that she doesn't know.........and she tells me that the Nurses looking after Lee have been brilliant with her.

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She's in a situation that no mother would want to be in and everyone can empathise with that, most teenagers will do something daft at one time or another and most get away with it unhurt. I know the new ICU at RBH is state of the art and the staff on there do a good job, glad she's also being taken care of.

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Yeh, thanks for that Margaret.

Good to have news of this young lad. Even though we all criticise the media at times, albeit newspaper, radio, t.v. and Accyweb ... good to know that people follow these distressing events with interest, helpfulness, understanding and sympathy, and, give in turn, comfort to the family who come to realise that people do really care.