Topic ID 1558
Does anybody know what is going on on Ware Road outside Lams? The road is closed off so GillP will be late for Scouts
Reply ID 19164
Motorbike crash, could be a fatality (glad I was wrong)
Reply ID 19166
That'll blow the speed camera statistics out the water then, hope it is not a fatality.
Reply ID 19167
quote:I would question that although I could be wrong. There is a motorbike on it's side at the corner of Villiers Street and Ware Road. Four police vehicles in attendance, one unmarked. There are a number of fluorescent yellow markers in the road nearby and a police photographer. However, there appears to be no damage to the motorcycle. In addition, the motorbike was there three hours ago at 5pm with only one police car and one officer and there was no road closure or any sense of urgency.
Originally posted by wingnut
Motorbike crash, could be a fatality
Reply ID 19168
It seems odd. About 6 oclock I think it happened and they only closed the road at about 6:30. There's an unmarked police car there now. Looks like a Laguna was involved which only had a minor dent.
Reply ID 19169
They now seem to be doing photos and have marked the road. I think you might be right, someone's dead.
Reply ID 19170
If it was as fatality, they would more then likely have closed the road. I would hazard a guess that a police vehicle was involved and it was damage only
Reply ID 19171
Bike was definitely there at 5:10pm. If anything involving an injury had happened it would have happened quite a while before that as the situation was relaxed at that time.
Reply ID 19172
GillP said that the Motorcycle was there much earlier on (around 4.30) when she went to pick up Little_P from Grandma_P Yet the road wasn't closed until later on.
Reply ID 19174
Steve, where you on your push bike around that time. When i went past i just thought that some one had slid off their bike as it didnt look too bad.
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Originally posted by Hato
If it was as fatality, they would more then likely have closed the road. I would hazard a guess that a police vehicle was involved and it was damage only
Reply ID 19175
Yes.. something strange here. I was stuck in the jam at about 6pm .. two police cars were present. One police officer was helping a car driver with a head wound, while two others were looking at the bike ... while two other were running down Villiers street for some reason? .. then another police car roared up as I was alowed past? .... pick the bones out of that?!!
Reply ID 19177
Just to add to the mystery, when I went past at 5:10pm... (motorcycle on side, no damage or other wreckage, one police car and officer, no apparent injuries) ...two marked police cars with sirens sped past going in the Ware direction. This is starting to look as if there's a possibility that it was something other than a simple RTA, if indeed there was a traffic accident at all.
Reply ID 19181
Accident happened about 4pm. It involved a motorcycle & a Hertford taxi driven by a guy who runs his own cab company. He had only just licenced the brand new vehicle as a taxi hours beforehand. Police were probably more thorough because the accident involved a public service vehicle - it was taken away on a low loader for inspection.
Reply ID 19201
Apparently the motorcycle was riding down the outside of the queue of trafic and the taxi pulled out, possibly to turn in to Villers Street, as the motorbike was passing. Motorcyclist has bruised knee and gashes but is out of hospital.
Reply ID 19296
I live nearby and actualy heard the accident. It was good to see so many people rally round the injured chap. It was also funny to see the minor accident a couple of hours later. Rubberneckers bunping into the car infront.Mere feet from some police
Reply ID 19408
I see from The Mercury that the police reported the accident as involving a 45 year old, with no other vehicles involved, whereas the victim was in fact 22 years old and there WAS another vehicle involved. "Police blamed the errors on inaccurate and incomplete logs" says the report. Inaccurate and incomplete???? I find this a tad worrying! If the police can't get the basic facts of an incident right, I wonder what else is being misreported? And what does this say about crime statistics that are based on police information? How could they get such fundamental details wrong?
Reply ID 19410
ever thought that maybe its the paper getting the facts wrong?! certainly wouldn't be the first time!
Reply ID 19413
Which facts might the paper have got wrong?