Just heard that there is a 50 or so car pile up near me with quite a few people dead

Not seen anything on the news yet, anyone know anything about it?

 

http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/n..._and_25_on_M5/

 

Not good

R.I.P to all those who have lost their lives

Steve

 

My sister has just rang to say they've been told to find somewhere to stop overnight, there supposed to be heading to devon but apparently its a total nightmare

 

on bbc news now

 

Fuck... is the weather down there horrendous tonight then?!

That's gotta be one of the worst for a long time, 50 cars is a massive accident.


Cheers,
Grant

 

RIP to all those who lost their lives.

Any ideas on the cause?

 

I got told about 9:30 by a mate who was attending (paramedic) as he got called in for overtime, I assume the accident was about 9pm or so from that.

Seems weird there would even be enough weight of traffic at that time of evening at this time of year to have so many cars involved.

 

thats bad news, cant believe 50cars involved. I got family there, better ring them

 

Not a massively populous part of the world down here, hope its no one you (or i) know though mate.

 

25 vehicles, 10 injured seven of those are serious... no deaths as of yet..happened just after 20:30.

Ginge

 

People drive far too close together. People drive in bad weather without proper lights which can make then very difficult to see.

And these two real dangers are something the police never do anything about.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124

 

Thats exacly what i was thinking mate. Its not as if its the m25!

 

TBH I'm not surprised - the way people were driving on the M40 tonight was bloody terrible. Why is it that as soon as it's a little bit wet everybody starts braking for no reason, tailgating each other, cutting into your braking space, swerving around on their phones, etc?

 

Glad to hear it was untrue about the deaths then!

 

And no doubt all below the legal speed limit.

 

It's gone up... 30 injured now still seven majors and now 26 cars!

Ginge

 

Multiple fatal my mate reckons, just that it isnt on the news yet

 

that is a huge pile up my heart goes out to all that are injured

 

It's looking that way now

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "There are reports of between 25 and 30 injuries, 10 are believed to be life changing and it is believed that people have lost their lives."

Thoughts go out to everyone involved and R.I.P those that lost their lives.

Ginge

 

Exactly the same mate,my sis on her way down to my mums in Devon.She said she stopped at some services before this stretch.

 

as it's the world famous carnival tonight, with a massive increase of people going home all at the same time doesnt help, probably raining/wet roads, just hope everyone is ok

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23538838/

 

Hope everyone's ok. Really hope that those HG drivers get well clear before their cabs went up in flames.

 

Forgot all about the carnival.
Road will have been massively busy

 

Damn

 

Not got details of which vehicles but apparently at least one person burned to death

Not on news sites still yet though.

 

emergency number for friends and relatives

0800 092 0410

 

Such a shame! R.I.P to any dead.

 

Better link for info..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124

 

sad news just watching it on the news god bless them all that are involved

 

gutted to hear this its a road ive treavelled along many a times... really hope no ones died.

 

just seen this.. its kind of hard to believe how many cars could happen, usually its never more than half a dozen, 2 cars crash, few behind get caught up in the madness, slam into the back of each other, and thats it, but 26 cars? and people being burnt alive.. thats just too much :/

 

Said on news this morning deaths could be in double numbers says 20 cars and 6 lorrys including a petrol. Tanker ...road will be shut for 24 hours atleast.

 

Looked bad on the news - says heavy fog and rain were weather conditions

 

just saw the report on Sky news, Very sad indeed

 

I was driving down past there around 1.30pm yesterday and the weather was terrible. RIP to those who lost their lives

 

RIP to the ones who lost they lives and hope all injured recover soon.

Dave

 

Bridgewater carnival, that goes past my auntie's house in north petherton. Do u go to the rugby club for drinks after??

Hope some good news comes from all this