By Josh Budd
Closures on British motorways as two devastating caravan crashes grind roads to a standstill
Monday saw caravan destruction on British roads with two major crashes causing road closures and severe delays, as rescue crews rushed to each scene.
The first accident occurred at 10:50am yesterday morning on the M6 motorway, after a dangerous collision between a lorry and a caravan that was occupying the middle lane.
It appears that the accident arose when the driver of the saloon car towing the caravan, suddenly spotted a tyre lying discarded in the road, and, in a last-second attempt to evade it, swerved into the middle lane and into the path of an approaching HGV lorry.
Closing junction 13 near Stratford, rescue teams quickly responded arriving just seven minutes later and soon discovered with a sigh of relief that, miraculously, no one was injured.
The crash certainly took its toll on the caravan, however, with shocking and unsettling images of the resulting wreckage, revealing the caravan in question, almost torn in half, with the rear doors being completely decimated in the collision.
Later that afternoon, more chaos occurred as a caravan was overturned on the M40 heading southbound between junctions 5 and 6. The caravan owner’s family, who were passengers in the car towing the caravan, remained unscathed, managing to vacate the vehicle following the incident.
The scene was secured by two fire crews from High Wycombe and one from Thame, closing a single lane on the motorway.
Thankfully, no one was injured in Monday’s caravan fiascos, but the roads are bound to get busier this summer, as people all over Britain head off on their summer holidays.
Make sure you are extra vigilant and take regular breaks when hitting the road, to ensure you remain safe and your caravan remains intact.
