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SNOW: Wirral gritter van skids into building

5:45pm Wednesday 6th January 2010 in News By David Gennard

Gritter van skids into building on Bennetts Hill Gritter van skids into building on Bennetts Hill

As Tuesday’s snow turns to ice, even the gritter van’s have trouble coping with Wirral’s treacherous roads.

A Wirral Council van spreading salt skidded on ice at the top of Bennetts Hill, Oxton at 4.30pm, and collided with a property’s garage.

The driver who asked not to be named said: “The roads are really bad, I just couldn’t help it.”

Pam Newman, lives on Bennetts Hill, opposite where the accident happened.

She said: “I saw the lights flashing and came out fearing someone had hit my car. Apparently it came around the corner, which is heavily iced, and touched an abandoned car from yesterday, and ended up against the building.”

Council workers are now trying to move the truck, but the ice is proving difficult.

Nobody was hurt in the incident.

Comments(3)

lordthomas says...
10:34pm Wed 6 Jan 10

If they had gritted at 4-30 yesterday the ice would not have been there to-day nor the abandoned cars, why was it not done? even the yellow bin was empty, the same as wednesday before new year. Do they bother to fill them up I have not found a full one yet.

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Spiffy says...
12:25am Thu 7 Jan 10

LordThomas I think that would have been too late. The snow was very thick by 4.30 in wallasey. First thing in the morning would have been appropriate to clear the tiny bit of snow that fell on monday night and iced up.
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It's a moot point really since there isn't enough to go around for any great length of time anyway and they are obviously rationing it. If it snows again over the next few days we are in serious trouble.

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Rabyrover says...
5:58pm Thu 7 Jan 10

Are these vehicles fitted with snow tyres? It is a legal requirement in many European countries to fit such tyres in winter.

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