Updated: Man arrested after A13 pile-up

12:49pm Friday 5th October 2012 in News By Gina Marden

THE A13 was closed in both directions following a four car pile-up.

The crash happened at 10.25am on Friday on the Southend-bound track of the carriageway between Stanford-le-Hope and the Five Bells roundabout.

It involved two lorries, a Mercedes car and a Mercedes Van.

A 53-year-old man from South Ockendon was taken  to hospital with serious injuries.

Firefighters had to use cutting gear to free him after he became trapped in the wreckage. The air ambulance was also called to the scene.

A 38-year-old man from Sheerness in Kent was arrested at the scene on suspicion of careless driving. He remains in custody.

 

Comments(8)

Yachtsman says...
6:04pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Echo scores again - Four Car Pile up thats good when 2 were lorries 1 a van and yes 1 car

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maywood says...
8:56am Sat 6 Oct 12

Yachtsman wrote:
Echo scores again - Four Car Pile up thats good when 2 were lorries 1 a van and yes 1 car
Agree. Reporter should have gone to Opticians
I am sure thre is a difference in the size of Lorries and a Van,pity the car driver though.Hope the driver taken to Hospital is ok though.

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Rochford Rob says...
10:09am Sat 6 Oct 12

And the road was closed in both directions because........? Oh, I forgot - to land the bloody helicopter no doubt.

I dunno - these 'cuts' we keep hearing about yet they send a helicopter if someone so much as grazes their knee.

How the **** you can crash on a dual carriageway, everyone going in the same direction is beyond me.

Probably the same sort of idiots unable to negotiate Sadlers Farm's signs.

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Losborne says...
4:44pm Sat 6 Oct 12

I had the misfortune to drive past the scene just after the accident happened - I can assure you that those involved had more than 'a graze' - in fact I am very surprised, albeit very happily, that anybody managed to survive this accident after looking at the wreckages! Thank goodness we are all of varying degrees of intelligence and there are people unlike the above who are fit to make decisions (after years of higher education I should imagine) about what type of emergency services should attend Road traffic collisions...I should think in this situation the air ambulance and team on board saved the gentleman's life.

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TS1 says...
9:26pm Sat 6 Oct 12

Rochford Rob wrote:
And the road was closed in both directions because........? Oh, I forgot - to land the bloody helicopter no doubt.

I dunno - these 'cuts' we keep hearing about yet they send a helicopter if someone so much as grazes their knee.

How the **** you can crash on a dual carriageway, everyone going in the same direction is beyond me.

Probably the same sort of idiots unable to negotiate Sadlers Farm's signs.
You plumb,any number of reasons can cause a crash,blow out,glare,other cars bad driving.The list can go on if you like.How about you put your brain in gear before your nuts........Pike....

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EssexPerson says...
1:44pm Sun 7 Oct 12

Rochford Rob wrote:
And the road was closed in both directions because........? Oh, I forgot - to land the bloody helicopter no doubt.

I dunno - these 'cuts' we keep hearing about yet they send a helicopter if someone so much as grazes their knee.

How the **** you can crash on a dual carriageway, everyone going in the same direction is beyond me.

Probably the same sort of idiots unable to negotiate Sadlers Farm's signs.
Are you a complete dick? The report says man arrested for dangerous driving,do you need any more clues as to how the crash happened.

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Basildon.lad.21 says...
5:46pm Sun 7 Oct 12

Rochford Rob wrote:
And the road was closed in both directions because........? Oh, I forgot - to land the bloody helicopter no doubt.

I dunno - these 'cuts' we keep hearing about yet they send a helicopter if someone so much as grazes their knee.

How the **** you can crash on a dual carriageway, everyone going in the same direction is beyond me.

Probably the same sort of idiots unable to negotiate Sadlers Farm's signs.
If you saw this accident, I think you would understand why the helicopter was called. It was a horrific crash, probably one of the worst ones ive seen ever. 1 of the Vehicles was crushed like a coke can.

If your involved in a accident like this, lets hope the helicopter is available, because the fast and swift actions probably just about saved this mans life.

u ****

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I-say-you-say says...
9:28am Mon 8 Oct 12

Being arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving is commonplace and simply a precautionary measure.

As previously stated, he could have had a blow out or the sun could have got in his eyes which means it would be an accident and therefore insurance companies would deal with it.

However, if he was doing something stupid like....120mph, weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating etc then more fool him.

Let's just hope the driver taken to hospital is ok as those charges could go up!

As for the ridiculous comment by Rochford Rob, you might find that they closed it both ways to prevent rubberneckers causing another accident on the other side of the road while the situation was dealt with. Therefore saving money on emergency services.

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