There’s a foreign wagon and trailer parked up in a local industrial estate.
It’s been there for several weeks with the curtains drawn. I can tell it’s been there a while coz there’s a mud line all around it. It’s parked in a regular overnight spot, and not causing any obstruction.
Now this got me thinking, in a very macabre sort of way…
What if the driver died in his sleep and his bosses didn’t actually know where he was at the time. How much help would the authorities give into searching?
It could be like looking for the proverbial ‘needle-in-the-haystack’.
Phone the Police and voice your concerns. I did that after I’d spotted a wagon parked up in a laby with the hazards on which was still there the following day.
A certain firm had a tanker in germany, the driver was found
dead inside the tank, he was doing a self clean, that was about after
the person was 3days inside the tank
It must happen i guess. If i were you i’d report it to the police, maybe they can trace it back to somebody, or failing that break in. Don’t suppose you have to give your name or anything if you’d rather not for any reason.
I’ve now reported it to the local police and asked for feedback.
I should have done this earlier, but as we know, things get busy!
As usual, I hope i’ve done the right thing…i’d hate to hear that the cops broke in unnecessarily…oh well…i’d hope that if it was me decomposing
inside, someone would notice
206doorman:
I’ve now reported it to the local police and asked for feedback.
I should have done this earlier, but as we know, things get busy!
As usual, I hope i’ve done the right thing…i’d hate to hear that the cops broke in unnecessarily…oh well…i’d hope that if it was me decomposing
inside, someone would notice
You’ve definitely done the right thing there mate.
it wasnt that long ago that there was an article about something similiar. a truck was clamped in an MSA. the driver never appeared and eventually the police broke in and found the driver was dead
when argo cargomasters in essex were going, one of their drivers vanished in germany, no one knew where he was etc, sadly he had died in his sleep in a services, and it took several days to find where he was
you have done the right thing, even if it is a false alarm, its better than leaving it
can recall a n.irish driver passing away in this way some years ago,quite a few drivers didnt want to go to recover the truck out on the continent although it was eventually brought back to fleetwood by a driver who drove it for quite a while afterwards.
Update: The police called me early this morning to say that they’d been to look last night, but saw nothing amiss.
( I was unable to identify the truck positively when I called them, i could only tell them the position)
However, as luck goes, i’m passing said spot tomorrow morning at 0700 so
i’ll take a look again and get a reg. number.
I’m quite impressed with the police response so far, however they still don’t really understand my point of a ‘mud-line’ around the vehicle.
Perhaps there’s a better way of describing the picture we see when a motor has been parked for weeks.
Plod will more than likely PNC check the vehicle then contact the truck owners.
If they are overseas it could be a few days before interpol get back to your local force! no need for breaking into the cab just yet. Could well be the driver has taken unwell and had to return back to their country of origin and the trucks been parked up until a releaf driver is sought. Sounds like you have good observational skills.
about 6 years ago one of jh jones tipper drivers was working away somewhere over the notts area, he parked up for the night and spoke to his wife. apparently she tried to ring him at about 11 o clock to say good night but got no answer. she phoned jones’s and told him that she was worried. the next morning everyone was trying to ring the driver to get hold of him. at around lunchtime, about 4 hours after trying to get hold of him, the police tracked his position from the last mobile phonecall that he made. he was found slumped in the passenger seat on an industrial estate . he had died from a heart attack. this isnt a truckers tale, its a true story, i worked for jh jones at the time and it was very upsetting for everyone at the firm and absolutely devastating for the drivers family. this really is your worst nightmare, i suggest that you stop in the morning and bang very hard on the cab. if you get no reply, ring the company and report it to them, if there is no name on the wagon, ring the police and insist they find out whose truck it is and contact them, or get them to break into it.
