| re: Why on a message board do you use your surname? | |
|
Posted by: |
Ladybird 10:05 pm UTC 06/28/16 |
| In reply to: | Why on a message board do you use your surname? - Rupert 08:50 pm UTC 10/10/09 |
> Steve Stuart died in 2006 of a motorcycle crash around > midnight on 28th June 2006, a car traveling down the M40 > clipped the back of a heavily-loaded camper van, being > driven by German tourists; the camper van was traveling > slowly. The car that hit it spun out of control and ended > up at a standstill in the fast lane, side-on to traffic, > facing the central reservation. This occurred on a stretch > of the road which lies on a bend (between junctions 5 and > 6), and is very poorly lit. Steve was traveling down the > M40 on his way to Oxford, and came round this corner at > around 70mph, where he collided with the stationary > vehicle at around 12.05am. He would not have seen the car, > because of the darkness, and also because of the road’s > curve. > Coming up behind this accident were two lorries in the > slow and middle lane; seeing the flashing hazard lights of > the camper van, which had pulled over, one of these > lorries overtook the other, going into the fast lane, in > order to give a wide berth to what he perceived as the > accident. Again because of the bend in the road and the > lighting situation, he crashed into Steve, the motorbike > and the car, carrying Steve’s body some way down the > motorway. > However, Steve's death was instantaneous when he hit the > car; he would have felt no pain, and the injuries caused > to him by the lorry were inflicted posthumously. For this > at least we can be thankful. > > I apologice if this appears as a sick joke - just seems > odd. | |
| URL: | Steven Stuarts mother |
| reply | | |
| Previous: | Why on a message board do you use your surname? - Rupert 08:50 pm UTC 10/10/09 |
| Next: | re: Why on a message board do you use your surname? - steven_stuart 11:59 pm UTC 10/10/09 |
| Thread: | |