northender2
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Hope everyones staying safe out there, just seen this on the BBC news site, think this is a day for staying home if you can
Storm Darragh
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Looks like the A59 could be closed for a while 😢
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Van driver dies as Storm Darragh fells trees on Longton bypass
Emergency services at the scene in Longton during Saturday morning Pic: Blog Preston A man has died after a tree fell onto the van he was driving on the Lon
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Looks like the A59 could be closed for a while 😢
Van driver dies as Storm Darragh fells trees on Longton bypass
Emergency services at the scene in Longton during Saturday morning Pic: Blog Preston A man has died after a tree fell onto the van he was driving on the Lon
Took me 30 minutes to drive through Longton this morning, it was chaotic.
For anybody wondering, the bypass is back open again.
Why is it that when a tree falls into a road it does so at that exact moment when a vehicle is driving past.
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Trees are murderous bastards.
It’s really tough when things like this happen…..
No-one can legislate for that kind of tragedy 🙁🙁
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It is literally tragically bad fortune.
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Poor guy, wrong place wrong time. RIP
Literally just said this to my son.
I didn't think the storm had really hit the area that badly to cause this sort of chaos.
Condolences to the family.
It happened to me about 3 months ago in the exact same location as today but it was a lamppost. If I'd have been a second earlier, I'd likely have been dead. Luckily I only ended up using it as a ramp which required two new wheels and new suspension.
But, having this discussion with my Mrs this morning, its such a busy road with high volumes of traffic that somebody is always bound to be going past when a potential tragedy strikes.
Horrible set of circumstances, regardless.
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Made the national news, poor bloke. Tragic. You'd always imagine a tree falls in a kind of slow motion and you'd have a few seconds to see it and react. But the number of people hit by trees always amazes me, so I guess not.
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It won't make the news on the occasions it doesn't injure someone, possibly?
To be fair, loads of trees came down round here over the weekend that didn't hit a passing car. I guess only that ones that do get reported. Its sort of how the media works with everything, especially bad news....
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Tributes to well-loved football coach Paul Fiddler killed after tree falls in storm in Longton
Paul Fiddler Tributes have been paid to a man in his 40s who was killed after a tree fell on his van in Longton. Police were called to the A59 at Longton
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Condolences to all family and friends/colleagues at the club.
Such a tragedy.
R.I.P. Paul.
Such a tragedy.
R.I.P. Paul.
Very very sad….
I was speaking to someone from Longton today who said that he had heard that Paul was an electrician from Freckleton …….
I assume that he was doing a job in or around Longton , shockingly unlucky fate.
As the bloke I was talking to said, one second earlier or later and he would have survived 🙁🙁
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Wrong place, wrong times☹️
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A sad end, remember him playing at Twickenham
Tom Voyce: Body found in river confirmed as missing rugby star
Police believe Tom Voyce tried to cross a ford in Northumberland flooded by Storm Darragh.
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A sad end, remember him playing at Twickenham
Tom Voyce: Body found in river confirmed as missing rugby star
Police believe Tom Voyce tried to cross a ford in Northumberland flooded by Storm Darragh.www.bbc.co.uk
What makes folk drive through flooded fords? They're tricky under normal circumstances.