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Updated: Three injured after crash in Prince Avenue Southend
3:10pm Thursday 23rd August 2012 in News By Emma Thomas
Updated: Car smashes into KFC in Southend.
Three people have been injured after a car smashed into a shop in Southend.
The black Ford Escort was travelling out of Southend on the A127 at Prince Avenue at 11.20am today when it left the road, went over the central reservation and hit a man sitting on a moped outside the Kegra scooter shop.
The car then hit the shutters on the Prince Food and Wine off-licence.
Three men were injured - two suffered leg injuries and the third had minor injuries.
The East of England Ambulance Service received several 999 calls from passers-by stating a car has collided with a shop front and people were injured.
Three ambulances, a rapid response car, a duty officer, the trusts hazardous area response team and the Hertfordshire Air Ambulance raced to the scene.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “We treated three casualties at the scene, two of which have received lower limb fractures and the third is believed minor.”
The road is currently closed between Hobleythick Lane and Cuckoo Corner while investigations are ongoing.
Motorists reported traffic was stretching back to Kent Elms corner just after the incident.
The road was reopened just after 4pm today - five hours after the crash.
The 40 year-old Ford Escort driver, from Southend, has since been arrested by police on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drink and drugs.
FULL STORY, PICTURES AND INTERVIEWS IN TOMORROW'S ECHO.
Comments(63)
crunch29
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12:32pm Thu 23 Aug 12
but i hope everyone involved in the accident are okay.
Mikki92
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12:34pm Thu 23 Aug 12
tarn4craig
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12:35pm Thu 23 Aug 12
asbo uncut
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12:45pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Rayleigh_boy
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12:54pm Thu 23 Aug 12
j-w
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12:56pm Thu 23 Aug 12
andyh
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12:59pm Thu 23 Aug 12
YzzMeister
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1:16pm Thu 23 Aug 12
crunch29
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1:19pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Rayleigh_boy wrote:if they coat it in southern fried chicken i'll eat it !
The driver that crashed into KFC has a fractured leg. They should have said his leg is in 2 pieces.
pendulum
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1:49pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Come on Echo...
Your report says he was heading out of Southend, crossed the central reservation, hit a scooter outside Kegra and *THEN* hit KFC... he would have had to do a U-turn to do that!
Nebs
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1:56pm Thu 23 Aug 12
tinyone
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2:01pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Nebs wrote:......... the bell pub and kfc are on the A127.......?!
All very nasty for the people involved, but why does the A127 have to be closed?
YzzMeister
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2:14pm Thu 23 Aug 12
YzzMeister
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2:16pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Nebs wrote:They shut a section as they 'thought' they could land the chopper there but there were too many hazards so it landed in our field.
All very nasty for the people involved, but why does the A127 have to be closed?
v.randy
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2:36pm Thu 23 Aug 12
I don't think I could do that if I tried unless of course driver/car are well dodgy
southendshrimper
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2:40pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Eric Whim
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3:09pm Thu 23 Aug 12
j-w wrote:bloomin' Sadlers Farm roadworks.....
Where is Ric Morgan to tell us this is due to Cuckoo Corner / The airport?
shrimperboy13
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3:13pm Thu 23 Aug 12
KFC is to the right of the scooter shop, so therefore it should have hit KFC first and the scooter shop second?
Or did it do a magical flip and spin back somehow? I'm extremely confused!
YzzMeister
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3:58pm Thu 23 Aug 12
I think they did well to get the news up so fast. It certainly helped me get a grip of what was going on and I was almost at the scene.
One minute I am sitting listening to children playing and the radio, the next minute all hell breaks lose with a chopper above my head, fence panels crashing in, garden furniture blowing about, windows & doors slamming shut and a ruddy great chopper landing in my garden! LMAO!! chaos...
It would be easy to get confused if you were there at the scene trying to figure out where you were, what shop it was the car spun into, what direction...
The article gets corrected and edited as more info comes in...
andyh
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4:01pm Thu 23 Aug 12
r6keith
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4:15pm Thu 23 Aug 12
southendshrimper wrote:Have you not considered the driver of the car might of had a medical condition that caused this incident ? Why does everyone on here always jump to the wrong conclusions .
Drink, drugs, speeding? A car dose not just crash.
j-w
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4:17pm Thu 23 Aug 12
r6keith wrote:Nope, I am going to go for, going too fast, sudden line of traffic and taking avoiding action which goes wrong!
southendshrimper wrote:Have you not considered the driver of the car might of had a medical condition that caused this incident ? Why does everyone on here always jump to the wrong conclusions .
Drink, drugs, speeding? A car dose not just crash.
tatersalad
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4:45pm Thu 23 Aug 12
j-w wrote:always room for another wally on here
r6keith wrote:Nope, I am going to go for, going too fast, sudden line of traffic and taking avoiding action which goes wrong!
southendshrimper wrote:Have you not considered the driver of the car might of had a medical condition that caused this incident ? Why does everyone on here always jump to the wrong conclusions .
Drink, drugs, speeding? A car dose not just crash.
Dangerous driver
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4:45pm Thu 23 Aug 12
firedog
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5:02pm Thu 23 Aug 12
howironic
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5:13pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Dangerous driver wrote:Don't worry, I'm hoping for a golf gti next time
Obviously a drugged/drinked up driver. Driving a ford escort? says it all. When are people going to learn to drive. I can easily drive at 150mph quite safely. So many crap drivers out there now adays. Really winds me up.
SJJBEC01
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5:20pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Dangerous driver
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5:25pm Thu 23 Aug 12
firedog wrote:Got that wrong haha. Im one of Britains most dangerous drivers, yet the safest too. End of.
I think "dangerous driver"is trying to wind us up,no one could be as daft as that he probably doesent own a car,and does all his driving on a computer game.
WhateverS
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5:34pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Dangerous driver wrote:You truly are a ****
Obviously a drugged/drinked up driver. Driving a ford escort? says it all. When are people going to learn to drive. I can easily drive at 150mph quite safely. So many crap drivers out there now adays. Really winds me up.
Eric Whim
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5:39pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Dangerous driver wrote:was it you that had that nitrous oxide away from Basildon Hospital recently to make your car go faster?
firedog wrote: I think "dangerous driver"is trying to wind us up,no one could be as daft as that he probably doesent own a car,and does all his driving on a computer game.Got that wrong haha. Im one of Britains most dangerous drivers, yet the safest too. End of.
MrStoner
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6:16pm Thu 23 Aug 12
r6keith wrote:Echo say, The 40 year-old Ford Escort driver, from Southend, has since been arrested by police on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drink and drugs. Guess thats why.
southendshrimper wrote:Have you not considered the driver of the car might of had a medical condition that caused this incident ? Why does everyone on here always jump to the wrong conclusions .
Drink, drugs, speeding? A car dose not just crash.
Eric Whim
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6:23pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Max Impact
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6:43pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Eric Whim wrote:Was it the fault of shared space...
j-w wrote: Where is Ric Morgan to tell us this is due to Cuckoo Corner / The airport?bloomin' Sadlers Farm roadworks.....
dance95
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7:17pm Thu 23 Aug 12
thesouthendone
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7:31pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Fitting really that it would crash next to their Mecca, KFC.
v.randy
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7:37pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Alcohol,drugs everytime.
Come down heavy.
chaplins lad
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8:04pm Thu 23 Aug 12
v.randy wrote:He will probably get some Drug order to address his problem, the Dick and then he can mix with all the other Dicks at southends favorite drug service,
Nutter in an escort.
Alcohol,drugs everytime.
Come down heavy.
Instead of getting these joke orders at CRI and CDAS, he should get a couple of years in prison for causing risk to other people, and for all you do gooders, thats if he is charged, I have friends who work along that parade, and thank heavens they are all safe, come on southend magistrates, give this Nob a heavy punnishment if charged
Dangerous driver
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9:54pm Thu 23 Aug 12
WhateverS wrote:So is your mum
Dangerous driver wrote:You truly are a ****
Obviously a drugged/drinked up driver. Driving a ford escort? says it all. When are people going to learn to drive. I can easily drive at 150mph quite safely. So many crap drivers out there now adays. Really winds me up.
rayleigh123
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10:08pm Thu 23 Aug 12
OK directly after an incident there are fire and medical people and it would make sense to either totally or partially shut a road whilst they deal with the situation.
What drives me MAD is why is the road shut for 4 1/2 hours ???
I was stuck on the M25 for 5 hours after a accident - yes there was a need for say 30 minutes to close the carraigeway, but afterwards we just sat twiddling our thumbs - the police did not even make an effort to open one lane.
I guess the same as this accident - the police see no priority in opening just 1 lane to easy the congestion / tail back problems
Major Incident
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10:34pm Thu 23 Aug 12
rayleigh123 wrote:There is a genuine need to preserve the whole scene for physical and forensic evidence hence the need to close that whole section of the A127 (the Escort did cross the west and east bound carriageways). However, 4 1/2 to 5 hours is excessive especially since Essex and most other forces publicised their new and revolutionary 3D image laser scanner which they boast takes half the time to survey the scene.
I get VERY annoyed with the way the police handle accidents. OK directly after an incident there are fire and medical people and it would make sense to either totally or partially shut a road whilst they deal with the situation. What drives me MAD is why is the road shut for 4 1/2 hours ??? I was stuck on the M25 for 5 hours after a accident - yes there was a need for say 30 minutes to close the carraigeway, but afterwards we just sat twiddling our thumbs - the police did not even make an effort to open one lane. I guess the same as this accident - the police see no priority in opening just 1 lane to easy the congestion / tail back problems
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ddf35
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11:13pm Thu 23 Aug 12
ddf35
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11:13pm Thu 23 Aug 12
Castle100
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11:18pm Thu 23 Aug 12
I hope all involved are OK.
AuldGit
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11:27pm Thu 23 Aug 12
MrStoner
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11:29pm Thu 23 Aug 12
thesouthendone wrote:What a pen15. why should i get my car crushed if its worth under 5k or my licence suspended, what you drive? a im to good for this world merc/audi or even a bmw.
Anyone who owns a vehicle with a book price of under 5k should have it crushed and/or their license suspended. Why wouldn't you crash a car of such little value. Not to mention the impact on the environment from the Ford Escort/Jeremy Kyle Brigade puffing there knock off fags out the window.
Fitting really that it would crash next to their Mecca, KFC.
'V'
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8:31am Fri 24 Aug 12
r6keith
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8:43am Fri 24 Aug 12
rayleigh123 wrote:The reason the have to close the roads for so long is because in serious accident situations like this with the possiblity of a fatality. The accident scene becomes a crime scene and the accident investigators need to gather all the evidence they can get to secure a prosecution if required . If they open the roads again the vital tell tail signs of what occured are lost and maybe the chances to keep a dangerous driver of the road are lost.I am not suggesting this is the case here but that is why the roads stay closed for so long. It was a least two hours before they could stabalise one of the injured before he could be air lifted to hospital , only then can they really start the crash investigation.
I get VERY annoyed with the way the police handle accidents. OK directly after an incident there are fire and medical people and it would make sense to either totally or partially shut a road whilst they deal with the situation. What drives me MAD is why is the road shut for 4 1/2 hours ??? I was stuck on the M25 for 5 hours after a accident - yes there was a need for say 30 minutes to close the carraigeway, but afterwards we just sat twiddling our thumbs - the police did not even make an effort to open one lane. I guess the same as this accident - the police see no priority in opening just 1 lane to easy the congestion / tail back problems
v.randy
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10:30am Fri 24 Aug 12
To keep it legally on the road is a waste of money which is why you don't see them anymore.It's cheaper to buy a decent car.
So that means most Escort drivers are driving dodgy motors..just the sort to knock back some booze and drugs prior to trashing Southend in their uninsure,untaxed death-trap...shockin
g story
r6keith
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10:40am Fri 24 Aug 12
v.randy wrote:Are you a magistrate ? you have a very open minded slant on life ?
Escorts are the last of the Ford rust buckets from the 1980's. To keep it legally on the road is a waste of money which is why you don't see them anymore.It's cheaper to buy a decent car. So that means most Escort drivers are driving dodgy motors..just the sort to knock back some booze and drugs prior to trashing Southend in their uninsure,untaxed death-trap...shockin g story
'V'
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12:13pm Fri 24 Aug 12
v.randy wrote:Rubbish.
Escorts are the last of the Ford rust buckets from the 1980's.
To keep it legally on the road is a waste of money which is why you don't see them anymore.It's cheaper to buy a decent car.
So that means most Escort drivers are driving dodgy motors..just the sort to knock back some booze and drugs prior to trashing Southend in their uninsure,untaxed death-trap...shockin
g story
thesouthendone
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12:20pm Fri 24 Aug 12
AuldGit wrote:I'm sorry but I don't think you should be on the road.
Well said, ddf35!! I can't afford to replace my 12 year old car, list price under £500 never mind $5K, it is regularly serviced and MOT'd, I drive carefully, never drink and drive and don't do drugs. Thankfully I have been accident free for over 20 years, and agree with your comment - we are penalised enough with insurance premiums ever rising due to the increasing cost of other people's claims - don't go crushing our cars and revoking our licences. There are plenty of fools around, and some of them drive cars I couldn't afford.
guygrim
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2:07pm Fri 24 Aug 12
Eric Whim wrote:what's it got to do with saddlers farm? it's nowhere near there
j-w wrote: Where is Ric Morgan to tell us this is due to Cuckoo Corner / The airport?bloomin' Sadlers Farm roadworks.....
paulkendall22
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3:33pm Fri 24 Aug 12
PJR-121
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7:39am Sat 25 Aug 12
v.randy wrote:Thanks for that
Escorts are the last of the Ford rust buckets from the 1980's.
To keep it legally on the road is a waste of money which is why you don't see them anymore.It's cheaper to buy a decent car.
So that means most Escort drivers are driving dodgy motors..just the sort to knock back some booze and drugs prior to trashing Southend in their uninsure,untaxed death-trap...shockin
g story
I don't drive if I've had a drink and never done drugs. Yet I own an Escort - and it's not got a patch of rust on it - very well maintained by myself, as a car enthusiast, and driven carefully.
thesouthendone
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2:11pm Sat 25 Aug 12
V_is_back
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2:45pm Sat 25 Aug 12
thesouthendone wrote:Could be an RS 2000, a Mk1 or 2 Mexico, an early RS Turbo, or a very rare Mk1 twin cam.
You are a car enthusiast and you drive an Escort? Paradox.
MrStoner
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11:02pm Sat 25 Aug 12
thesouthendone wrote:Guess you know nothing about the automotive world then.
You are a car enthusiast and you drive an Escort? Paradox.
tophatdt
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9:09am Sun 26 Aug 12
Sadly it's often the innocent people that get seriously injured.
Nebs
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5:06pm Sun 26 Aug 12
r6keith wrote:Why have they got to wait until the victim is stabilised before they start the investigation? They can take their photos and make their notes while the ambulance service are working on the victim.
rayleigh123 wrote:The reason the have to close the roads for so long is because in serious accident situations like this with the possiblity of a fatality. The accident scene becomes a crime scene and the accident investigators need to gather all the evidence they can get to secure a prosecution if required . If they open the roads again the vital tell tail signs of what occured are lost and maybe the chances to keep a dangerous driver of the road are lost.I am not suggesting this is the case here but that is why the roads stay closed for so long. It was a least two hours before they could stabalise one of the injured before he could be air lifted to hospital , only then can they really start the crash investigation.
I get VERY annoyed with the way the police handle accidents. OK directly after an incident there are fire and medical people and it would make sense to either totally or partially shut a road whilst they deal with the situation. What drives me MAD is why is the road shut for 4 1/2 hours ??? I was stuck on the M25 for 5 hours after a accident - yes there was a need for say 30 minutes to close the carraigeway, but afterwards we just sat twiddling our thumbs - the police did not even make an effort to open one lane. I guess the same as this accident - the police see no priority in opening just 1 lane to easy the congestion / tail back problems
AuldGit
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9:43am Mon 27 Aug 12
thesouthendone wrote:And I, Mr. Southendonebraincell
AuldGit wrote:I'm sorry but I don't think you should be on the road.
Well said, ddf35!! I can't afford to replace my 12 year old car, list price under £500 never mind $5K, it is regularly serviced and MOT'd, I drive carefully, never drink and drive and don't do drugs. Thankfully I have been accident free for over 20 years, and agree with your comment - we are penalised enough with insurance premiums ever rising due to the increasing cost of other people's claims - don't go crushing our cars and revoking our licences. There are plenty of fools around, and some of them drive cars I couldn't afford.
, think you are an imbecile.
openspace
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8:40am Tue 28 Aug 12
j-w wrote:Nice one !!!.
Where is Ric Morgan to tell us this is due to Cuckoo Corner / The airport?
Danshrimp
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10:52am Tue 28 Aug 12
tarn4craig says...
11:55am Thu 23 Aug 12