Traffic chaos after fatal crash shuts M27 and A31 (From Daily Echo)

As much as i sympathize with people whose Journey to work may have been disrupted this morning i would ask anyone who complains about this to think what they would feel if a loved one of theirs had lost their life this morning and the police simple swept up, blamed the driver and carried on......
The reason they do this is to wait for daylight so that the accident can be investigated properly while all evidence is still in place, to try to ascertain exactly what happened and try to ensure it doesn't happen again.....maybe to someone "YOU" love next time.....so sit in your car, enjoy the sunshine, and be thankful it wasn't you........
So you are late.........some poor soul, a father, mother, son, daughter, whatever is going to be later than you.........:(

Yet again the Echo web site has allowed comments to be made on a story that was published less than 4 hours after somebody has passed away. This was probably before some of the drivers family knew.
I think this company (The Echo) is disgusting for allowing muppets like ohec and huey to be so obnoxious at a time of sadness.
Please Daily Echo if you have an ounce of self respect do not allow comments on stories that involves death.

My condolences to the family and friends of the driver and to the truck driver who was probably sleeping in his bunk only to be woken by such an awful event.

Lord Ikea wrote:
Yet again the Echo web site has allowed comments to be made on a story that was published less than 4 hours after somebody has passed away. This was probably before some of the drivers family knew.
I think this company (The Echo) is disgusting for allowing muppets like ohec and huey to be so obnoxious at a time of sadness.
Please Daily Echo if you have an ounce of self respect do not allow comments on stories that involves death.

My condolences to the family and friends of the driver and to the truck driver who was probably sleeping in his bunk only to be woken by such an awful event.

So in order to complain about being able to comment, you post a comment?

Would it not be a lot more sensible to contact the paper directly with your concerns (not that I agree with you, but still)?

Callous
Heartless
Unfeeling
Cold-hearted
Uncaring
Insensitive
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Ohec

AdrianSmith wrote:

Lord Ikea wrote:
Yet again the Echo web site has allowed comments to be made on a story that was published less than 4 hours after somebody has passed away. This was probably before some of the drivers family knew.
I think this company (The Echo) is disgusting for allowing muppets like ohec and huey to be so obnoxious at a time of sadness.
Please Daily Echo if you have an ounce of self respect do not allow comments on stories that involves death.

My condolences to the family and friends of the driver and to the truck driver who was probably sleeping in his bunk only to be woken by such an awful event.

So in order to complain about being able to comment, you post a comment?

Would it not be a lot more sensible to contact the paper directly with your concerns (not that I agree with you, but still)?

I have, Thank you for your reply

Lord Ikea, I agree 100%, I have often made the same complaint to the Echo myself, without success.
Editors must take some ghoulish pleasure in reading the comments, I can't think of one good reason for inviting them..
Very soon the Echo will print the inane comments from the know alls, --- going too fast --- bad road surface --- I saw it all -- poor visibility -- etc.etc.
The most tragic thing of all is that someone who set off for work this morning has been lost to their family and friends forever!
My thoughts are with them at such a sad time.

Road accidents are NOT private events.
It is a public place.
Members of the public will have seen the aftermath as they drove past.
Many others have been affected by the closure of the road.
What is wrong with telling us the story of what has happened?
Anyway if you are getting a upset about what you read, stop and go and have a nice cup of tea instead.
No one is making you look at this website, are they now?
Jeez.

It's more likely that all stories published allow comments by default, but it takes a 'flip of the switch' as it where to turn them off.

becksbeare wrote:
Callous
Heartless
Unfeeling
Cold-hearted
Uncaring
Insensitive
Unsympathetic
Cold
Pitiless
Hard
Ohec

Thank you for those few kind words.

So because of one little accident the everything grinds to a halt, yes somebody died but who's fault is that, if you hit a tree are you going to blame the tree? its not just a case of commuters being held up thousands of people make their living on our roads and they are shut far to easily and often costing millions of pounds in lost revenue only this afternoon the A34 has been shut again. We need to have a good look at how we deal with accidents and make keeping the roads open a priority. Yes i might be everything that becksbeare says i am but i am also a realist.

not suprised given the terrible quality of driving I witness every day on this road

ohec wrote:

becksbeare wrote:
Callous
Heartless
Unfeeling
Cold-hearted
Uncaring
Insensitive
Unsympathetic
Cold
Pitiless
Hard
Ohec

Thank you for those few kind words.

So because of one little accident the everything grinds to a halt, yes somebody died but who's fault is that, if you hit a tree are you going to blame the tree? its not just a case of commuters being held up thousands of people make their living on our roads and they are shut far to easily and often costing millions of pounds in lost revenue only this afternoon the A34 has been shut again. We need to have a good look at how we deal with accidents and make keeping the roads open a priority. Yes i might be everything that becksbeare says i am but i am also a realist.

No you're an idiot. You have no idea about the circumstances of this accident other than scant details this paper has given, or any factual basis to your pathetic rant. This is not a "little" accident somebody died which in a normal persons world is quite a big thing, not to mention to his family and friends. The police have to carry out an investigation as there are all sorts of other things that could be causes or contributions to this incident. You have no idea what is involved. Yes keeping roads open should be a priority but not over someone's safety or to ensure people who kill people on the road are brought to justice. So do us all a favour and actually get your facts right before posting this drivel.

Ohec you are a sad person. In case you did not know. The Crash Investigators have to do the same level of Forensic Investigation as if it was a murder or suspicious death. Nobody is put out if the Investigators shut someone's' house or premises for a day or even days while they conduct their forensic investigations. It also has to be a safe place to work for those working on the road. They also have to conduct a search of the area in case there was a passenger thrown from the vehicle and is lying in the undergrowth injured. Hence the daylight search. So it was shut for just a few hours.

All this bleeding heart rubbish is enough to drive you to drink, all the investigations in the world won't alter the fact that a man is dead. Ok its a shame but people die everyday on our roads so does that mean we should all be in a permanent state of mourning, like most of you i didn't know the bloke so i am honest enough to say it makes no difference to me, as i am not hypocritical enough to pretend it matters to me.

ohec wrote:
All this bleeding heart rubbish is enough to drive you to drink, all the investigations in the world won't alter the fact that a man is dead. Ok its a shame but people die everyday on our roads so does that mean we should all be in a permanent state of mourning, like most of you i didn't know the bloke so i am honest enough to say it makes no difference to me, as i am not hypocritical enough to pretend it matters to me.

At first I though you were just slightly misguided but now it's clear you are in fact just a complete tool. No it won't change the fact he has passed away but it may bring someone to justice who killed them, or drove in such a way that contributed to them dying. All hypothetical from me but only the police know what they need to investigate. Or do you think people should just go around killing other motorists and the police should just turn a blind eye, scoop up the mess and let a murderer go?
Now troll go back to your pathetic bridge and crawl under it.

ohec wrote:
All this bleeding heart rubbish is enough to drive you to drink, all the investigations in the world won't alter the fact that a man is dead. Ok its a shame but people die everyday on our roads so does that mean we should all be in a permanent state of mourning, like most of you i didn't know the bloke so i am honest enough to say it makes no difference to me, as i am not hypocritical enough to pretend it matters to me.

So Ohec... let's create the situation where 1 morning you are sat eating breakfast, suddenly there is a knock on the door, and to your surprise it is a Police Liaison Officer with the tragic news that your Partner/Child/ Parent has been killed in a road accident. "What happened" you ask...
"F*****D if i know" comes the reply, "Didn't bother to investigate it, in case someone is late for work, any way does it matter, they are dead anyway".....

Of course you wouldn't care because you're a realist.......