Man dies in crash on main Scotland-England motorway

[Captain Caveman]

Man dies in main Scotland-England motorway link crash

A man in his 60s dies in a crash which shut the A74(M) and M6 linking Scotland and England near Gretna.

www.bbc.co.uk

A man has died in a crash which closed both sides of the main road link between Scotland and England.

Emergency services were called out to reports of a single-vehicle accident which shut the A74(M) and M6 motorways at about 06:40.

Cumbria Police said the accident involved an HGV and the driver - a man in his 60s - was pronounced dead at the scene, close to junction 45 northbound for Gretna.

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I had set off to work at 6am, so I missed the crash by a few minutes. I set off back home about 4pm, but went via the suppliers for materials for tomorrow. Every road was gridlocked, got home 7:30pm.

The lorry apparently crashed into the bridge, shedding it's load over all 6 lanes, damaging a few cars. Poor guy lost his life.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Man dies in main Scotland-England motorway link crash

A man in his 60s dies in a crash which shut the A74(M) and M6 linking Scotland and England near Gretna.

www.bbc.co.uk

A man has died in a crash which closed both sides of the main road link between Scotland and England.

Emergency services were called out to reports of a single-vehicle accident which shut the A74(M) and M6 motorways at about 06:40.

Cumbria Police said the accident involved an HGV and the driver - a man in his 60s - was pronounced dead at the scene, close to junction 45 northbound for Gretna.

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I had set off to work at 6am, so I missed the crash by a few minutes. I set off back home about 4pm, but went via the suppliers for materials for tomorrow. Every road was gridlocked, got home 7:30pm.

The lorry apparently crashed into the bridge, shedding it's load over all 6 lanes, damaging a few cars. Poor guy lost his life.

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God Rest his soul.

I had the experience of just missing a fatal crash by a few minutes. I now pray for the person who died every time I drive by that spot.

Agreed, it's not fun dealing with the traffic when this happens.

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[1srelluc]

OK....And?

 

[Deadstick]

Man dies in main Scotland-England motorway link crash

A man in his 60s dies in a crash which shut the A74(M) and M6 linking Scotland and England near Gretna.

www.bbc.co.uk

A man has died in a crash which closed both sides of the main road link between Scotland and England.

Emergency services were called out to reports of a single-vehicle accident which shut the A74(M) and M6 motorways at about 06:40.

Cumbria Police said the accident involved an HGV and the driver - a man in his 60s - was pronounced dead at the scene, close to junction 45 northbound for Gretna.

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I had set off to work at 6am, so I missed the crash by a few minutes. I set off back home about 4pm, but went via the suppliers for materials for tomorrow. Every road was gridlocked, got home 7:30pm.

The lorry apparently crashed into the bridge, shedding it's load over all 6 lanes, damaging a few cars. Poor guy lost his life.

I have used that road quite a few times over the years, wonder if the HGV driver had a medical incident?

 

[Captain Caveman]

I have used that road quite a few times over the years, wonder if the HGV driver had a medical incident?

Probably never get to find out. He's hit the central bridge support North bound, the only damage I can see is the flattened central metal barrier.

So either medical or fell asleep. He was 60 years old.

 

[westwall]

Probably never get to find out. He's hit the central bridge support North bound, the only damage I can see is the flattened central metal barrier.

So either medical or fell asleep. He was 60 years old.

Or was on his phone, texting.

 

[Deadstick]

Probably never get to find out. He's hit the central bridge support North bound, the only damage I can see is the flattened central metal barrier.

So either medical or fell asleep. He was 60 years old.

Sad, i have driven all over the UK on a previous job, some of the stuff i saw was really horrific, i have lost count of how many accidents i saw with people smashing into the back of other vehicles they don't look far ahead on motorways.

 

[Deadstick]

Or was on his phone, texting.

Don't know if that was the case with this one, that is criminal with people who do that, i have seen it all while driving, my phone was never used while driving if my company needed to contact me i waited until i could pull over safely then talk on the phone, one time i was driving to Dover and hit a tail back everything came to a halt, as i looked at a truck out of my window the guy was watching a movie on his laptop on the truck dash, i remember he was from Romania i made a point of checking his license plate, crazy.