I was north bound near Darrington last night at around 9pm broke down helping my son hazard lights flashing. When an artic hit my mazda car the driver just drove off. Can anyone help on this.
my car is a total loss
Seriously? Thats terrible, lucky no one was killed!!!
And a prime example for why I move over to the middle lane even if I do drive a rigid i don’t care, give people space anything can happen during that split second your passing them. Glad your alive and well enough to post hope you find the ■■■■■■■■
The driver of the artic does not know wether anyone was hurt or killed, He indicated as if he was going to stop but then changed his mind and drove off.
he has turned up at his company / depot with the front nearside of his tractor unit all smashed up, having no bottle he must have told his gaffer a load
of bullshine to explain the damage. I can tell him theres one hell of a distressed young lady in Castleford who can not stop crying thinking what might have
happened
Did you see any logo’s on the truck ?What colour was it ?
Double decker pallet trailer,curtain sider/Euroliner ?
Was it foreign or UK number plates ?
Many firms use the same routes at the same times,which narrows down the search.
Is there cctv in a shop or on the road nearby ? All fuel stations have cctv.
What was the police’s response when you reported it?
We need more clues.
9pm you say? Broad daylight on the 22nd June.
You must have more clues other than just “it was an artic”?
Type of trailer? Colour? Foreigner? Stobart’s?
Come on man, spill.
m1cks:
What was the police’s response when you reported it?
Probably same as I had the other week when witnessing some toe rag launch a bottle of drink at an elderly man on a scooter, “we have no patrol vehicles in that area can I take a number?”. Very useful when the ■■■■■■■■■ driving off infront of you.
But you would think with today’s cctv network on the motorway armed with a time and location they could easily spot a vehicle with signs of damage. It doesn’t sound like it was just a scrape.
Karl86:
And a prime example for why I move over to the middle lane even if I do drive a rigid i don’t care, give people space anything can happen during that split second your passing them. Glad your alive and well enough to post hope you find the [zb].
This! You’d be surprised how many people don’t do it!
What an absolute [zb], hope you find him / her.
Glad no one was hurt.
Maybe drove off as knew the driving time was exceeded or not insured,no MOT or no driving licence.
Or no O licence,so stopping would have got them in trouble.
Another issue,had they been drinking?
Wanted on a warrant or court order?Working with no UK work permit?
The haulage industry at its best once again. These people belong in warehouses, not driving trucks.
Contraflow:
We need more clues.9pm you say? Broad daylight on the 22nd June.
You must have more clues other than just “it was an artic”?
Type of trailer? Colour? Foreigner? Stobart’s?
Come on man, spill.
i agree 
The only thing she can tell us is that it was big yellow and red artic
Glad everyones OK.
What response did you get from the Police, any CCTV in the area…
Yellow cab and red trailer,or yellow cab and red cab or tractor unit ?
Incidents like this reinforce why having a dash cam on board is such a good idea. Whilst it wouldn’t have stopped the collision, at least they would have had the reg number of the truck to pursue an insurance claim.
Be interesting to see if the insurance company actually pay out in this particular instance. Main thing is everyone walked away on this occasion.
The police would not attend they contacted the Highways Agancy and they turned up about 1 hour after the incident helped get the car into the layby area on the slip road then left em to wait for the AA
SHYTOT:
The police would not attend they contacted the Highways Agancy and they turned up about 1 hour after the incident helped get the car into the layby area on the slip road then left em to wait for the AA
Typical response from the old bill. So a crime has been commited i.e failing to stop at an accident but they don’t want to come out
Imagine if it was one of theirs it happend to, there’d be about 10 high speed pursuit cars, the force helicopter, cars with stingers and Algiers involved!