crash early hours of the morning
 

did anybody see the crash on eastgate about 1-2 ish in the morning just across from the castle pub.taxi mini-bus straight into the traffic light looked a mess..they had to cut the roof off the taxi to get the driver out..

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Didn't see that, were there any passengers?

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AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a police van answering a 999 call collided with a taxi.
The incident happened by a set of traffic lights at the junction of Eastgate and Whalley Road, Accrington, at about 12.50am today.
The Ford Transit police van was responding to reports of a fight between two brothers in Bluebell Way, Huncoat, when the accident happened.



The taxi, a Volkswagen people carrier, crashed into railings following the collision.
Both Eastgate and Whalley Road were closed while firefighters cut the roof and back doors off the taxi so the driver could be removed from the vehicle on a spinal board.
The taxi driver, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with back injuries.
The two police officers who were in the van suffered minor injuries.
Inspector Peter Zsigmod said the police van would have had its blue lights switched on and officers would have been allowed to use sirens.
He said an investigation would be launched into the crash to determine whether the incident needed to be referred to the force's professional standards body or the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Insp Zsigmod said: "We had received quite a number of calls from the public about a domestic incident which the police van was responding to.
"It was a code one incident which means we have to attend within 15 minutes and officers would be automatically allowed to have its warning equipment on."
Phil Jones, crew manager at Hyndburn fire station added: "There was quite a bit of concern from the paramedics so we cut off the roof and the back doors of the vehicle to allow paramedics access to the driver."
Police said no-one was arrested following the reports of fighting in Bluebell Way after those involved said they did not want to take criminal action.



Taken from Telegraph:)

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Thanks for the info Slinky

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cheers for that slinky prob why the policewoman was looking a bit shifty when i was asking for her view of what she thought had happened:o

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the bottom line is, people are injured cos the cops have to respond to some rabble havin a punch up.:rolleyes:

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Ooooh, Bluebell Way, sounds so lovely and serene, doesn't it?

There's never normally a kerfuffle on there. That's meant to be the posh bit of Huncoat.:)

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I wondered why there was a load of glass in the road when I was driving to work... The penny has now dropped, thanks..:D

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Found this on the Fire Brigade web site too......

No mention of police involved though! :rolleyes:

Road traffic collision
14th October 2007, 1:10am
Incident number: 1417
Number of appliances: 2
Address:
Junction Whalley Road
Accrington
Road traffic collision involving taxi minibus in collision with lamp standard.
1 male person released from vehicle and conveyed to hospital
Dewalt saw, combi tool and spreaders in use

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It will be the taxi drivers fault, it always is. Everyone one knows that all taxi drivers, except ginger :rolleyes:, are nutters on the road :D

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ooo you were lucky then Neil, good job you remembered to mention ginger or you might have found yourself rammed down slinky's stocking she's preparing for santa :D:rolleyes:

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Lmao ..... getting whipped of 2 sisters in as many days!! He's gonna have a sore bottom!! :moon::Banane26:

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Sorry to disappoint you but, two sisters at once is not on my fantasy list.

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I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that!! :D

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Cereal splurted all over keyboard.
:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:
Thanks made my day.