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Two people were killed when a car was driven the wrong way down a main road in east London and was in a crash with a taxi.

The driver of the car, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, aged in his 40s, died at the scene at Witch's Hat junction on the A13 in Dagenham.

The Met Police said officers were told at about 01:45 GMT that a car was going the wrong way. The crash happened shortly afterwards.

Next of kin have not yet been told.

The road was closed while investigations and recovery work took place. It has since reopened.

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Dreadful situation.

My heart goes out to the taxi driver's family.

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A13 taxi driver killed in fatal crash named locally

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n ... al-2380879

A woman also died in the crash


Image: Essex Live

A taxi driver killed in a horror crash on the A13 that also claimed the life of a pensioner has been named locally.

The pair died after the accident, which happened at around 1.45am in the early hours of New Year's Eve and closed the road in Dagenham for several hours.

Police received reports regarding a car driving the wrong way on the A13 eastbound carriageway and the crash took place shortly after.

Where did the A13 crash happen?

The incident was on the A13 eastbound, towards Southend-on-Sea, near Goresbrook Interchange and Dagenham.

The road was closed between the Ripple Road and the A1306 slip road, until the Rainham and Ferry Lane interchange.

The westbound carriageway was not affected by the accident and remained open throughout the day.

What happened?

According to reports from the Metropolitan Police, the car, which was driven by the woman in her 70s, was being driven in the wrong direction on the A13 carriageway.

Police received calls regarding the car driving the wrong way at around 1.45am, but before officers could arrive at the scene or locate the vehicle the crash had taken place.

It is believed the two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision.

Several ambulance teams rushed to the scene, as well as officers from Met Police and fire crews from London Fire Brigade.

Victim named

According to reports in Northern Cyprus, the man killed in the crash was Ruşit Ataoğlu, aged 40. He is believed to have been a relation of Fikri Ataoğlu, Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Northern Cypriot government.

Companies House lists him as a former director of Mister Taxi Limited, based in Bethnal Green, East London, however some reports on social media have suggested that he was not actually working as a taxi driver at the time of the crash. Instead, it is believed he was working as a mechanic for a garage.

Cabbies unite to share condolences

Several taxi drivers took to social media to share their condolences for the male fatality, believed to be a London black cab driver.

Many of those who did tweet responding to the sad news were cab drivers themselves.

User @LDNCabbie said: "RIP thoughts are with the families involved," whilst @Robsblackcab wrote: "Terrible. Could have been any of us. My way home every day."

One tweet, from @AndyCabby10, said: "Shocking. So sad. Came home on that stretch of road a couple of hours earlier as, I'd imagine, many other Cabbies did....tragic."

"Dear God just seen the aftermath of horrific crash with London Taxi involved on the A13 eastbound just after Dagenham turn off. Feel sick pray all ok," said one witness.
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More tributes from family and drivers here:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n ... ed-2383279

Although not *working* as a mechanic either at that time in the morning, presumably.

From this in the second link it looks like he's a mechanic and taxi proprietor and driving a taxi at the time of the crash, rather than a taxi driver.

either way a tragic incident

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Indeed.

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IDFIMH