HEADINGTON, OXFORD

Accident on London Road
Saturday 11 June 2005

Fire, police, ambulance

Fire engine, ambulances, and police on the London Road

 

Broken bike stand

Crushed cycle racks on the pavement on the corner of Osler Road

 

General view

The police car that crashed ended up on the pavement. It can be seen with its boot open on the far right of this photograph, where it was brought to a halt by a parked car and the Sun-Kissed Tanning Salon

 

Police car

The crashed car in final resting place. The parked car it hit is obscured behind it.

 

Getting the driver out

Firefighters cut the driver (who suffered back and neck injuries) out of the police car. It hit the black car on the left before coming to a halt at the tanning salon.

 

The damaged police car

The damaged police car

 

Traffic diverted down Lime Walk

Traffic is sent down Lime Walk

 

"It's amazing nobody died" (Oxford Mail, 13 June 2005)

© Stephanie Jenkins

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