Bad accident by the Kennels Saturday morning v
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It seems that a line of traffic heading north past the Kennels were being directed by marshalls to make the sharp right turn in towards the car parks. Motorcyclist travelling at high speed overtaking the line of traffic drove into the side of an Audi that was turning right.
Air ambulance attended and the rider was taken to Southampton hospital.
Air ambulance attended and the rider was taken to Southampton hospital.
Just as well I didn't have a moan somewhere else about that road being closed then.
We'd left home at about 6am, and made decent time all the way to the racecourse. One marshal with a 'road closed' sign was being kept busy by dozens of idiots rolling up and (presumably) asking why/demanding to be let past, only to be met with the same response, an extended arm pointing away to our left.
It added 20 to 30 minutes to our journey, getting across past the racecourse and down t'other road to car park M, but I can easily see how the delay would be compounded if you arrived a little later.
We've always parked in that first car park beyond the supercar parking field when travelling from home, and I have to say I was concerned about getting out of car park M given the weather on Saturday, but in the end all was good and I managed to get up the greasy hill to the exit despite others failing to get up the slope.
Sad to hear that a biker was injured, but it just goes to show that, despite often feeling that you could do a better job of it, you should always obey the signs and the directions of the parking marshals at events like this.
We'd left home at about 6am, and made decent time all the way to the racecourse. One marshal with a 'road closed' sign was being kept busy by dozens of idiots rolling up and (presumably) asking why/demanding to be let past, only to be met with the same response, an extended arm pointing away to our left.
It added 20 to 30 minutes to our journey, getting across past the racecourse and down t'other road to car park M, but I can easily see how the delay would be compounded if you arrived a little later.
We've always parked in that first car park beyond the supercar parking field when travelling from home, and I have to say I was concerned about getting out of car park M given the weather on Saturday, but in the end all was good and I managed to get up the greasy hill to the exit despite others failing to get up the slope.
Sad to hear that a biker was injured, but it just goes to show that, despite often feeling that you could do a better job of it, you should always obey the signs and the directions of the parking marshals at events like this.
9.3 said:
It seems that a line of traffic heading north past the Kennels were being directed by marshalls to make the sharp right turn in towards the car parks. Motorcyclist travelling at high speed overtaking the line of traffic drove into the side of an Audi that was turning right.
Air ambulance attended and the rider was taken to Southampton hospital.
I saw a Vauxhall Zafira and motorbike being taken away on the back of a flatbed recovery truck. Looked like the bike had gone straight into the middle (front) of the car. Looked horrific and must have been a fairly high speed accident.Air ambulance attended and the rider was taken to Southampton hospital.
No update from Sussex Police yet...
http://www.sussex.police.uk/news/kennel-hill-goodw...
Not much on other sites covering the story either...
http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/serious-cra...
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-06-25...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-366292...
http://www.sussex.police.uk/news/kennel-hill-goodw...
Not much on other sites covering the story either...
http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/serious-cra...
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-06-25...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-366292...
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