Updated: Leigh crash blocks road (From Echo)
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Updated: Leigh crash blocks road
3:22pm Friday 6th July 2012 in Local News
Emergency services at the scene of a crash in the Fariway, Leigh
A man escaped with minor injuries after his car overturned and hit a tree in The Fairway, Leigh.
Fire engines from Leigh and Rayleigh used specialist cutting equipment to free the man from the 4x4.
He was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Comments(7)
tintong
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4:46pm Fri 6 Jul 12
RobertFS
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5:42pm Fri 6 Jul 12
lost_scotsman
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6:48pm Fri 6 Jul 12
John T Pharro
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2:31pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Fortunately minor injuries, but does seem an awful lot of resources for a one car crash.
Ivanna Goodhump
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7:23am Mon 9 Jul 12
John T Pharro wrote:Yep. 84 year old Mrs Mablethorpe of the Fairway reported smoke and that one of the drivers "looked like a terrorist because his eyes were too close together. That's how you tell y'now according to the guild"
The original report said 6 police cars and 2 fire engines.
Fortunately minor injuries, but does seem an awful lot of resources for a one car crash.
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It became a full scale incident and the Fairway was shut for 8 hours allowing the emergency services to erect their bouncy castles and playtents ....
DCLEIGH
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9:46am Mon 16 Jul 12
It was a traffic collision 10 (Ten, yes 10) days ago.
For god sakes sack whoever is in charge of anything approaching you I.T. department and get into the 21st century.
pussycats says...
4:17pm Fri 6 Jul 12