Car ploughs into Southampton petrol station

Petrol station sealed off Petrol station sealed off

A GARAGE has been sealed off after a car was driven into a petrol pump.

Gallons of fuel was spilled onto the forecourt at the Shell service station on Redbridge Road in Southampton following the incident at 1.40am.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue were deployed to the scene and sealed off the forecourt while the clean up began.

The garage has remained closed throughout the day.

Hampshire police are now investigating, a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Comments(9)

chunky_lover says...
3:20pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Why would you drive in to a petrol pump?

Dusty says...
4:06pm Tue 1 Jan 13

chunky_lover wrote:
Why would you drive in to a petrol pump?
To drive down the cost of petrol

IMAGOODGUY says...
4:11pm Tue 1 Jan 13

thumbs up, dusty rocks lol

For pity sake says...
4:51pm Tue 1 Jan 13

chunky_lover wrote:
Why would you drive in to a petrol pump?
Since a man has been arrested and it was 1:40am following New Year's Eve, I can't imagine why...

B. L. says...
6:20pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Dusty wrote:
chunky_lover wrote:
Why would you drive in to a petrol pump?
To drive down the cost of petrol
Classic ! Obvious the culprit had to be a man.

bazzeroz says...
10:01pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Don't these pumps have fire switches that automatically shut them down? And, by the way, cracking comments above :)

Folkestone Saint says...
12:22pm Wed 2 Jan 13

B. L. wrote:
Dusty wrote:
chunky_lover wrote:
Why would you drive in to a petrol pump?
To drive down the cost of petrol
Classic ! Obvious the culprit had to be a man.
Why?

Bassett-Mikey says...
4:22pm Wed 2 Jan 13

They have automatic cut-off valves at the base of the pump unit, so if a woman inadvertently drives into the unit, it is isolated. Same isolation though if a man drives into it :)

Writers Cramp says...
12:27pm Fri 4 Jan 13

Looking at the way the pumps are leaning, its not happened from the main road.......which makes it even more bizarre.

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