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We live next to a main A road, 60 mph speed limit, and yesterday, early evening, while I was sat at the computer I heard an almighty bang which I recognised straight away as an accident. (We are used to it).

I immediately called the emergency services and went out to find out what had happened. A van was overtaking a lorry while a car was coming the other way. The van driver told me straight away what he was doing. It's on a blind bend!! Lord knows what the closing speeds must have been but amazingly no one was injured. Both the car and van ended up in our garden, both missing a front wheel and right offs! The lorry stopped 100 yards down the road with a ripped curtain side and and a damaged tyre and wheel.

Our CCTV caught it and it isn't half impressive. It took the police 45 minutes to arrive though!!

45 mins? surprised they came out at all these days.

After stabilising a crash victims neck & working their stuck seat loose (2 nurses & myself) prior to police eventually turning up, we were instructed "you can go now" (several crash sites when just passing) by rude ingrate coppers, hope you have a better lot in attendance round your way.

& watch out for them pinning extra payments onto your council tax (a dodgy move that often go's unoticed) come april. "police funding gap" ..as exp!ained here

What a muppet!!

On a positive note, great to see that modern vehicles are so good at protecting the occupants (although wonder if the van driver had a large spike on his steering wheel, would he drive more sensibly? - probably not )