Almost everyone wants a week’s holiday at Christmas but only a limited number of drivers can be off at any one time. At our depot the opportunity to take holiday at Christmas revolves and this year I was in the top eight so took this week as holiday, next year I’ll be bottom of the ‘pile’ as it rotates. That’s why it’s a bit quiet here.
This morning we had to go to Portsmouth for a Passport Interview for Tina, our 16 year old. Before the interview we were having coffee in Costa Coffee when we heard a loud bang. Here’s what happened outside (click on the picture to enlarge).
And, another picture taken from the opposite direction after the car had been removed. No, we didn’t hang around that long! The first picture was taken after we left the Costa to go to the interview and the second on our way back later.
You’ll see that the vehicle was in a pedestrian area and at its dead end. How it came to be travelling fast enough to do that amount of damage to the vehicle and tree is beyond me – it was driving on the pavement in the pedestrian area! Thank heavens neither we nor anyone else was walking there at that moment.
Jeeeez… he/she must have been doing some speed to do that :-| It’s not even like the driver just ‘grazed’ it either!
The local newspaper report is here.
Groan :-)
I take it there was no relish available with the fast food as the driver has got himself in a pickle!
Thanks for the information, Matt. If you hear or read anything about it locally please let me know.
The Toyota 4×4 is owned by the proprietors of the fast food wagon (the maroon and cream vehicle, just visible in the background of the first photo).
It tows the wagon into position daily, so it’s not as if the driver was unfamiliar with the precinct area. Nothing in the local papers as yet, but might be worth keeping an eye open tomorrow and the local news reports tonight…
Regards,
Matt
Portsmouth.