Thursday, July 9th, 2009


No;6,404


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Crash chaos in main street


‘ involved in the bizarre acci-- ; dent, which happened short­ ly before 8-30 bn Monday- morning. : ' A police spokesman said


- that the elderly female driver, of the Suzuki Grand Vitara


- centre street demolishing a " bollard; traffic sign, floral : planters and railings. v eh ic le was-


A D R IV ER was lucky to escape serious injury when her car careered off a town


after her foot slipped onto the accelerator pedalf r The driver, who is local to


: streets were still quiet at that - time and no pedestrians were ■ hurt. •


Clitheroe; was taken to hospi­ tal for checks and treatment for shock, but was not seri­ ously hurt. Fortunately the


had apparently lost control .“-/the built-out pavement but- ,


■ . It appears that as the four- ■ wheel-drive vehicle reached . the top of Moor Lane, near :the HSBC bank, it'moimted ,


side Dyson's art shop, demol­ ishing a cast iron bollard and then an illuminated traffic sign. S till not stopping, it


bounced off the pavement, crossed the top of Castle; Street and crashed head on . into the railings outside Mor­ timers estate agents, demol­ ishing a floral display and mangling the railings.


- ■ By Julie Magee -


: MOTORISTS face.up to .seven weeks of diversions , after a craish at the weekend


■ ■ wall at around 5 p.m. on Satur- - ^: day, causing substantial damage ' ^' to the bridge’s parapets and structure.. - ' ' . -


; . Hilux pickup ran into the bridge


ll vehicles.' A silver 09-registered Toyota


■ ;-- dy dosed the bridge,'.which pro-., vides a .vital crossing for resi­ den ts o f West Bradford, ■ bGrindletori and the surrounding'


- A - Highways bosses immediate-


■ ' " left West;Bradford Bridge: a badly damaged and closed to


• sions through ,Wa.ddington or. Chatburn .until the bridge'has been rep a ired/pu ttin g extra pressure on tho se diversion routes.


area travelling to Clitheroe or the A59. M o to r is ts will now- have to follow temporary diyer-


; and severe damage to the para- p ets... • , V' .“Because the bridge is narrow,


- early, evening on Saturday that a vehicle had collided with the ■ bridge and caused substantial


Therefore, it has been closed to ■ all traffic except pedestrians and.


' lan'Whittle, group engineer (bridge inaintenance)>t Lan-;


. cashire County Council; said:; : “Our bridges sM were notified /:


work - hard - to com p le te ' the repairs as soon as possible and ■ exp ec t th a t the;bridge;will ' remain closed for approximate- -, ly five tp seven weeks.'However, the extent of the damage is diff i-'i; cult to establish until the repair'a works'commence.” Our picture shows the dam-:;':,


place and this will be formalised by a traffic r e la t io n order and ■. associated diversionshbrtly.” ' Mr Whittle added: “We will ./-


cyclists.-' V “A temporary diversionis in


:dt.is impossible to provide pro- •. tectidn and maintain'access for vehicles crossing th e bridge.


aged b r id g e .'-'y . -: • Man'chargcd with '-.'' v


dangerous driving- see page 23''a-


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