.............Dreadful accident on the M25

[DoorstoManual]

Police believe five of the six people killed had been on a stag weekend.
So many lives blighted and is there now a bride somewhere without a bridegroom.

I believe one person survived, but there are no details regarding identity.

Dreadful pictures shown on the news where it looks as though all those killed were in the cab of a recovery van which somehow or other ploughed into the back of a lorry.

And as DH has just pointed out, they were probably out that late because they did not want to stay over.

It's awful. I dread driving on that motorway because it is so heavily used by lorries. There was a fatal accident last year involving a car and a lorry at jct 6. I wish there was a separate road for lorries because once you hit one you've pretty much had it. Poor families/friends

The news report stated that they were returning from a stag weekend, so they had obviously been away for a couple of days.

Do you know Freckle that bit went straight past me.

So very sad.

True. At least they probably had a wild weekend first.

where was it? footage looke like Reigate jnctn

between J 9 and 8 anti-clockwise, so yes, towards Reigate. Horrible.

Oh dear, when did this happen?

Waiting for dp and dd to arrive home from Bristol, a 5 hour drive, all motorway, some on M25. I hate it! I want them to come home NOW!

Two o' clock this morning Boco.

coming down the hill, I bet.

God I drive on it so much and loathe it. drove that bit at midnight last night. those poor soulds, and one of them about to get married, tragic.

Groom survived.

I wrry more about the car drivers on the M25 than the lorries.

This weekend seem so full of bad news and people feeling sad.

Horrible accident. According to the BBC the groom was not involved in the accident.

I worry about European lorries - blind spots.

God, I feel so awful for the bride and groom (as well as the families obviously). Hw will they be able to have a happy wedding after this? Al they must be thinking is 'if we hadn't been getting married, there wouldn't have been a stag weekend' etc etc
How horrendous must that feel?

When I was younger my BF and three others died in dreadful car crash. It left a very deep mark on the community for a very long time.

Shocking loss of life . I noticed that we had an unusual amount of traffic going past us first thing , then dh switched on the news and heard about this and that the junction was shut.

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God, just awful - traffic was busy here too LIZS (obviously). Life is so precarious.

Harman

I was trying to remember who it was.

Huge hugs.

LGJ

oh, Harman - so sorry I missed your post. how dreadful, am dreadfully sorry for you. that motorway is leathal.

that motorway is lethal. have ever driven that stretch, but battle the m25 on a daily basis when dh is in harefield. have seen many overturned cars, bashed cars on hard shoulders, motorcycles on fire on m25 in the 18months since i passed my test.

thoughts and prayers to all those that have lost loved ones on the roads

the bit it looks like it happened on is a really big downward hill. hate driving it, always feel car could go out of control.

hate it - wish speed limit was 50, everyone drives so fast on it.

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