Nova crash - October 2011 - Rishton Nr Blackburn

[Southie]

Anyone recognise the car?

Oh and here's the full article BTW CLICK (http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobserver/news/s/1462231_tributes-to-man-80-who-died-after-being-struck-by-car-in-rishton)

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/667.$plit/C_71_article_1462231_image_list_image_list_item_0_ image.jpg?19%2F10%2F2011%2011%3A16%3A56%3A126

[saloonwoody]

ouch ! link is just to the pic btw ;)

[L33 LEG]

That's 2 minutes from my house. The link doesnt work but wasnt it an old man driving it? I remember seeing it in the paper and said poor nova straight away lol iirc i actually tried to drive through at the time but had to be directed, didnt see it was a nova at the time :(

[L33 LEG]

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/hyndburn/rishton/9312499.Pedestrian_dies_after_Rishton_crash/

Found the story, the old man was the pedestrian and died :(

[Southie]

Fixed link now.

[L33 LEG]

Same link as mine lol

I don't think it was a young driver or else i would of heard who it was. There's quite a lot of white novas around here but im sure it wasnt any of them that i knew. That road is awful for crashes, iirc 3 happened in that month on the same place. It isnt a high speed road, it just has crossings straight after blind corners or humps. Was only 1 mile away from when i knocked a pedestrian over :wtf:

[Southie]

Isn't the same link :p

[L33 LEG]

Isn't the same link :p

That confused me, im sure it was lol I check the local paper everyday and havnt seen anything about it since, no doubt because it's a nova the driver will be done for it, we'll see.

[Deanosri]

Never heard about this..

[LEWI007]

That will propably be scrapped now then i bet.

[Jeff16v]

Ouch, most Novas the rust acts a crumple zones,

RIP nova and man,

[Deanosri]

Got told today it was a young lad driving it and he's been charged with death by dangerous driving

[L33 LEG]

Who was the guy dean? I know that last year some really young looking kid bought a white nova from harwood and i havnt seen him for a few months, wasnt him was it?

[pie]

hell of a kink in the roof

[Deanosri]

Apparently it's Martin Yeate's (Mertle) cousin, a lad from Longridge Lee

[Novasport]

Sgt Dave Hogarth said: “We are still working to establish exactly what has happened but we believe the white Vauxhall Nova was travelling along High Street towards Blackburn when the collision occurred.


Why do they always have to state the bleeding obvious!
No doubt another bad mark against what people perceive as the 'typical Nova driver'.

[L33 LEG]

Apparently it's Martin Yeate's (Mertle) cousin, a lad from Longridge Lee


Ah not good then, next time i see Mertle il see what he says.