Precarious parking after crash near Wyvern Retail Park in Derby
A VEHICLE ended up wedged on the roof of a parked car after veering off a dual carriageway sliproad.
Emergency services were called to the scene, near the Wyvern Retail Park, at 3.18pm yesterday and the female driver was taken to hospital.
Firefighter Gareth Murtagh said: "A vehicle left the A52 at the side of the Toys R Us car park. The driver didn't quite make the corner, mounted the grass verge and landed on two parked cars.
"It was fortunate the parked cars were there as they gave way when the car fell.
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"We have seen accidents in this area before but never of this nature."
Comments
by coralsea
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 8:22PM
“The driver of the silver vehicle that caused this mass destruction is disabled and her hearing dog was in the back of the vehicle thankfully unhurt, from what i understand this was her very first time out in her vehicle, cannot beleive the DVLA would allow someone with this severity of a disability behind the wheel of a car, I so hope the driver of this vehicle is prosecuted disability or not she could have killed someone.”
by R1ch0
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 5:34PM
“That's female drivers for you ;-)”
by Wymsey_69
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 3:24PM
“I bet the black Nissan thought to them-self; ''how did I miss that, blimey''.
:-)”
by Monsieur_Lupo
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 3:14PM
“No proof 'jackiemoon'? Apart from the distance travelled before coming to rest on two parked cars?”
by painter39
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 1:00PM
“I'm glad the det found an amusing headline for the story,
I wonder if the other cars owners find it as amusing?
Is she being prosecuted for careless driving?”
by RIPTAKERME
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 11:55AM
“A VEHICLE ended up wedged on the roof of (( a )) parked car after veering off a dual carriageway sliproad.!!!
Firefighters survey the damage after a car lands on top of (( two ))parked vehicles.???
Someone needs a visit to specsavers i think!!...LOL”
by Derby_Stu
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 10:15AM
“I like the fire fighter's comments, the car didnt "quite" make the corner. No sh*t sherlock, lol!!!”
by jackiemoon
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:29AM
“There's no proof speed was the issue, could be a blow out tyre, driver had a heart attack . The details aren't clear.
Extremely worrying though considering this was the carpark of Toys R Us, it could have been much much worse.”
by vidalbaboon
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:25AM
“would this type of thing acquire points on your license?
Seeing as they dish them out for farting nowadays for normal, regular, safe drivers!”
by ianshelton
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:19AM
“people do drive too fast on the Wyvern area roads, but these slipways are very twisty & get treacherous in wet weather. The Wyvern is a big centre, with 100s of cars on and off every day .. poor & inadequate design contributes to these problems as much as dodgy driving.”