Man is killed in crash horror

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), Sept 22, 2008

A MAN died in hospital after a crash involving five cars The accident happened on the A1147 road between East and West Terrace, at Stakeford, Northumberland, in the early hours yesterday.

Two parked cars were also damaged in the smash.

The dead man, who was in his 40s, had been trapped in the wreckage of his Subaru car after the collision with a Ford Mondeo taxi and a BMW just after 3am.

The driver of the BMW left the scene and was later arrested by police.

A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said today that the arrested driver has been released on bail without charge.

The dead man's identity has not yet been released, but police confirmed that he is local to the crash area.

Fire engines from Morpeth and Ashington were called to the accident and had to cut the Subaru driver from his car in an operation that lasted just over half an hour.

COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement

Content provided in partnership with Thompson Gale