A focus a few cars in front of us lost the rear end for some reason on the motorway ( not speeding etc.. ) - went and touched the central barrier, and then careered, seemingly in control towards the hard shoulder.
Except he went over the hard shoulder, and got flipped over by the kerb and rolled a few times before ending up upside-down in a tree, below the road level.
Myself and a few other cars stopped ( good job, because nobody else would have seen him down the embankment ). While they went running towards the car ( and got him out
), I called 999.While I'm talking to 999, I didn't see the kerb where it comes into the verge to hold a drain... down my ankle went, over I went ( while still talking to 999 ) - ended up doing a rooney and breaking my 5th metatarsal ( or whatever they call it ).
So I'm in pot for at least the next three weeks.
Called the police last night, no special notes against the accident, so she thought that he probably got away with a few cuts and bruises ( he was concious when they got him out of the car ).
Nasty accident, with only two probable causes - 1) a blowout on a tyre, or 2) fell asleep - I doubt this one very much.
Typical !
