Incident just off the weston road

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Zylo

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I always feel like I'm being nosy when I see ambulances/Police about, it looks like someones been hit by a car when crossing road

Didn't quite see though, got this off travel news

Westhead Avenue Stafford, both ways at Bedford Avenue
Staffordshire - Westhead Avenue in Stafford closed near the Bedford Avenue junction, because of an accident.

Anyone know anything more?

Hope He/She will be fine though!
 
Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

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TomK said:
See this link:

http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/...ard&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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"The pedestrian, an 82-year-old man from Stafford, suffered head injuries and was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire by air ambulance. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening and he remains in stable condition."

In other words the man was injured in the middle of the day in a place almost opposite a hospital and yet was air ambulanced to another hospital 15 ish miles away. What a ridiculous level of extra stress and trauma for a man in his 80's. I do hope he is OK.
 
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Sir BoD

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Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt said:
"The pedestrian, an 82-year-old man from Stafford, suffered head injuries and was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire by air ambulance. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening and he remains in stable condition."

In other words the man was injured in the middle of the day in a place almost opposite a hospital and yet was air ambulanced to another hospital 15 ish miles away. What a ridiculous level of extra stress and trauma for a man in his 80's. I do hope he is OK.
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I would imagine he was taken there because that's the nearest place that specialises in head traumas.
 
wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

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From there, I would imagine in the Stafford Hospital grounds might have been the only place to land - ironically.
 
photography_bloke

photography_bloke

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When I walked past on the way home, they were driving the chap away in a road ambulance? They'd stopped the traffic on the Weston Road in both directions to let it turn around towards the hospital. Hope he's ok
 
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Nezuram

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I am a close relation of the man involved in the accident. Sadly he died last night in hospital after suffering severe complications from the accident.
 
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Nezuram

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Update
http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/latest_appeals/130508_fm_stafford_collision/

" A pedestrian involved in a road traffic collision in Stafford earlier this month has sadly died.
Peter Desmond Banks, aged 82, was involved in the collision on Weston Road, at its junction with Westhead Avenue, on May 5.
Mr Banks, of Weston Road, died in hospital as a result of his injuries on Thursday 16 May. His family are being supported by specially trained officers at this difficult time.
An investigation into the circumstances of the collision is ongoing and a report will now be prepared for HM Coroner. "

If there are any witnesses that have not already provided the police with their statements, could they please contact Sgt Ian Tanner at Staffordshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 283 of 5 May
 
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sarsaparilla

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Nezuram said:
Update
http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/latest_appeals/130508_fm_stafford_collision/

" A pedestrian involved in a road traffic collision in Stafford earlier this month has sadly died.
Peter Desmond Banks, aged 82, was involved in the collision on Weston Road, at its junction with Westhead Avenue, on May 5.
Mr Banks, of Weston Road, died in hospital as a result of his injuries on Thursday 16 May. His family are being supported by specially trained officers at this difficult time.
An investigation into the circumstances of the collision is ongoing and a report will now be prepared for HM Coroner. "

If there are any witnesses that have not already provided the police with their statements, could they please contact Sgt Ian Tanner at Staffordshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 283 of 5 May
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That is very sad. I am so sorry. My condolences to Mr Banks' family
 
wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

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My condolences too.

I could be incorrect, but I have a feeling this could have been the regular occurance of an impatient driver approaching a stationery car that is waiting to turn right into St. Thomas Street - so many cars then continue up the Weston Road by dodging around the stationary vehicle swinging over the lines slightly onto Westhead Avenue. I've seen it so many times where people have almost been hit crossing the road there, or cars (including my own) waiting to come out of Westhead Avenue nearly have the front of their car smacked.
IF this is what happened, then I sincerely hope that this poor mans death leads to road safety swiftly being improved there as it's a bad junction with an accident like this just waiting to happen.
 
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cj1

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if they placed some double yellow lines around that junction then a right turn lane to st Thomas street could be created. the road is wide enough
 
Gramaisc

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cj1 said:
if they placed some double yellow lines around that junction then a right turn lane to st Thomas street could be created. the road is wide enough
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There was a centre island near there for a while, but it got hit so often that it was removed..
 
wmrcomputers

wmrcomputers

Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
That must have been some years ago then, G? I used to drive taxi's when I was about 20 so I know it hasn't been in the last 18 years (that I can ever recall seeing)
 
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