Lorry driver dies

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A lorry driver has died after his vehicle crashed through a roundabout barrier and plunged into a pedestrian subway.

The crash happened at about 02:10 GMT on the roundabout at the junction of Wakefield Road, New Hey Road and Neville Road in Bradford.

West Yorkshire Police said the 47-year-old driver was found dead at the scene.

Wakefield Road is closed between Dudley Hill Roundabout and the Bowling Back Lane junction.

A police spokeswoman said no one else was injured in the incident.

The force has appealed for witnesses to come forward.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-35060070

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Rip driver , shocking m.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/new … oundabout/

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Taken ill at the wheel is my guess the poor bloke. :frowning:

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Distressing pics :frowning: RIP

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Poor chap, R.I.P :cry: :cry: :cry:

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A bad week on TNUK for accidents.

RIP Drive.

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Thoughts and prayers to his family. Such a horrible accident

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I hate driving around Bradford. Too many traffic lights. Too many 3 lane roundabout which once you go on the roundabout the lane markings disappear so it turns to chaos. Rip drive

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htfc1984:
I hate driving around Bradford. Too many traffic lights. Too many 3 lane roundabout which once you go on the roundabout the lane markings disappear so it turns to chaos. Rip drive

Too many [zb]s on the road as well.

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Pimpdaddy:

htfc1984:
I hate driving around Bradford. Too many traffic lights. Too many 3 lane roundabout which once you go on the roundabout the lane markings disappear so it turns to chaos. Rip drive

Too many [zb]s on the road as well.

Yep, didn’t the same bloke do all their driving tests as well ?

(Disclaimer-not being Racist at anything [emoji6])

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martinviking:

Pimpdaddy:

htfc1984:
I hate driving around Bradford. Too many traffic lights. Too many 3 lane roundabout which once you go on the roundabout the lane markings disappear so it turns to chaos. Rip drive

Too many [zb]s on the road as well.

Yep, didn’t the same bloke do all their driving tests as well ?

(Disclaimer-not being Racist at anything [emoji6])

Nah, one of them takes a test and they share the licence

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bald bloke:
Taken ill at the wheel is my guess the poor bloke. :frowning:

Looks like you were right ‘bb’ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-35072845

I’ve mentioned before that I live overlooking Stoneywood Recoverys site and I can see the Maersk box dropped in the front of their building, but the wreckage of the unit is way in the back of the rear compound and is barely visible from my balcony.

RIP Drive
Regards
Dave Penn;

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bald bloke:
Taken ill at the wheel is my guess the poor bloke. :frowning:

Most likely. A lorry crashed into one of ours from one of our outbases head on last week. The driver had had a heart attack. Our driver was OK, the other unfortunately was deceased.

Sadly its a job where it happens too often. Have a heart attack in a factory or office and you have somewhere safe to lay down and colleagues to call an ambulance. Have one driving a truck and sods law it’ll be when you’re doing 50 odd MPH and even if you do pull over to the side of the road, you’re on your own.

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post-mortem says he died of natural causes.R.I.P. drive…only 47 years old…