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Taxi driver tells of lucky escape as falling branch crashes into car






A TAXI driver had a lucky escape when strong winds caused a tree branch to crash into his car.


Bob Tullet, a driver for Station Taxis, was sat in the taxi rank outside Haywards Heath Railway Station when he felt a massive bang rock the car.

“I thought at first that someone had gone into the back of me but when I got out I saw this massive tree branch,” said Bob. “It damaged the boot and the back of the car. It doesn’t bear thinking about if it had hit the windscreen.”

The incident happened last Wednesday during the horrendous weather which saw the MET office issue severe weather warnings for the county.

Bob said: “It is lucky no one was walking on the pavement at the time as they would have been killed. Those trees are just so dangerous.”

He added that he had spoken to the station manager about the incident and about the trees to ensure something was done about them.

A spokesperson for Southern Railway said: “We have had contractors go out and have a look at the trees. They tidied the bit that fell off and ensured nothing else was going to fall off.

“They are also going to assess the trees to see if we need to do anything with them, be that tendering, reducing the heights or removing them. We aren’t sure yet but we are looking at it and it will be dealt with.”

They added that they were aware of the incident and the cost of the repair would be dealt with through their usual claims procedure.

The car has since been repaired and has been deemed safe to drive by Mid Sussex District Council.

http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/lo ... -1-3798047

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What pavement

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

let me guess he wants to to cut all the trees down in case a bit comes off one well that is nature if every person who was worried about a tree got their way britain would be a barren treeless land !

And from the sounds and look of it it wasn't a life threatening situation just a slightly scary one and he was unlucky enough to suffer minor damage to his vehicle

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

Other side of fence.

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to be fair thats not obvious from the photo and for those of us not living and working in sussexshire are unlikely to have visited haywards heath although i did once pass through the station there about 35 years ago

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

So you've walked the pavement mentioned

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Maybe the fact that there was a met office Severe Weather warning in place at the time could have a lot to do with it..

What pavement

Doubt it the train was doing about 70 MPH !!!

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

I already asked that question

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

It's a bleedin twig ffs, talk about no news is some news.



Bob Tullet, a driver for Station Taxis, was asleep on the taxi rank outside Haywards Heath Railway Station when he felt a massive bang wake him up..


Deary deary me, if Bob is who I think he is they must love him in that station.....oh f'k here he comes again, wots it this time no paper in the Gary or the lines are fading.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

And it's not Tuesday either.

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