Car crashes into Cardiff Road pedestrian crossing (From South Wales Argus)
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Car crashes into Cardiff Road pedestrian crossing
9:31am Wednesday 22nd July 2009 in Gwent news By South Wales Argus Newsdesk
COLLSION: The accident at the crossing on Cardiff Road
A MAN was taken to hospital yesterday after his car crashed into a pedestrian crossing on a busy Newport road.
Police were called to the incident on Cardiff Road, near the junction with Gaer Road, at around 3.38pm.
The navy blue Honda Odyssey car appeared to have collided with the barrier of the pedestrian crossing and hit a traffic light.
The man driving the car was helped out of the vehicle by paramedics and was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, by ambulance as a precaution.
No other vehicles were involved in the collision.
Fire engines from Malpas and Maindee also attended the incident.
Comments(21)
papa
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10:26am Wed 22 Jul 09
There's always some dope trying to overtake everyone on the inside lane.
Mr G Went
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1:06pm Wed 22 Jul 09
The car was facing towards tesco, how he actually did it I just couldn't fathom....
Silly Arsé.....
Owain Vaughan
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1:11pm Wed 22 Jul 09
westsi1983
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1:39pm Wed 22 Jul 09
Only query is what speed was he doing?! To take out a set of railings, AND hit (and bounced off by 0.5 meres) the signal post 4 metres beyond, the speed must surely have been massive???
Given the nature of the area, the notion of someone travelling at the sort of speeds to achieve the above is postively scary! Thank god he didn't hit an oncoming car or pedestrian, that might have been fatal!!
diandai
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6:57pm Wed 22 Jul 09
Eveswell Elvis wrote:I quite agree with you Elvis he must have been giving it some wellie.
Judging from that photo he must have been giving it some speed!!!
pwharley
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11:00pm Wed 22 Jul 09
Are these drivers ever prosecuted if found to be at fault, and their licence taken away?
We never see any follow up reports after these accidents.
Bobevans
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7:03am Thu 23 Jul 09
It hapens all the time . Plenty of similar events at J28
Stuck
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12:05pm Thu 23 Jul 09
wet road 2/1
other car 4/1
sun in eyes 8/1
oil 12/1
icy road 100/1
Im a complete idiot and its all my fault 100000/1
Gareth
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4:03pm Thu 23 Jul 09
Stuck
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4:40pm Thu 23 Jul 09
Gareth
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4:56pm Thu 23 Jul 09
Stuck wrote::-)
heart attack 25/1
actually, maybe not.
if he had, i doubt that he would have merely been "...helped out of the car and taken to hospital as a precaution".
what aobut the odds on him swerving to miss the SWA photographer in the middle of the road?
Stuck
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5:54pm Thu 23 Jul 09
D.G.
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10:13am Fri 24 Jul 09
Javez
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12:38pm Fri 24 Jul 09
D.G. wrote:Even if another driver caused them to swerve, you'd have to be going well over 30 to cause that damage, especially when you include breaking.
I'll have a quid on "other driver". I've seen the way the taxi drivers come out of the retail park.
Stuck
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1:24pm Fri 24 Jul 09
D.G. wrote:Sorry its £5000 minimum stake. You can leave your money in a sainsburys carrier bag in a skip under George St bridge. Used 20's please. I've also got a Nigerian friend whos got £20 million in a bank account, would you be interested in helping him out, you'd get £5 million?
I'll have a quid on "other driver". I've seen the way the taxi drivers come out of the retail park.
KazB
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7:20pm Fri 24 Jul 09
I've left £5k of monopoly money under George St Bridge for you. Put it on 'driver distracted by UFO'
KazB
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5:06pm Sun 26 Jul 09
Stuck
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7:05pm Sun 26 Jul 09
KazB
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7:26pm Sun 26 Jul 09
D.G.
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11:25am Tue 28 Jul 09
I'll have a quid on "distracted by promising-looking carrier bag"
Eveswell Elvis says...
10:00am Wed 22 Jul 09