This could have been messy

[Oakey]

Local Rag said:

A BEAUTY salon owner today spoke of her devastation after a car ploughed into her shop – destroying her business.


The Celebrity Smile shop was only opened in Cleveleys six weeks ago, but today it lay in ruins.

A BMW veered off the road and careered through the front window after the 75-year-old driver is believed to have fallen ill at the wheel.

Shocked locals spoke of hearing a ‘huge bang’ as the car smashed through a bollard and into the window, at around 1.40pm yesterday

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/bmw-s...

The place in question;

[Little Dave]

He obviously wanted to give his car a short front and sides!

[Oakey]

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[farrendahl]

Am I the only one waiting for somebody to make a comment about "Bloody coffin dodger shouldn't have been allowed on the road"

Not a sentiment I agree with, but we all know somebody is going to say it

[V88Dicky]

Bloody coffin dodgers.

[DanDC5]

Looking at where the bollards are placed how did it end up there?

[Silverbullet767]

shouldn't have been allowed on the road

[fatboy69]

Well i'm not going to say it. The car & shop can be repaired. As for the driver - looks like he is ok.

No reason why someone of 75 shouldnt drive - he would have been passed fit to drive by his Doctor & as we all know you dont have to be 75 to have a heart attack.

My brother in law had a heart attack at 49 yrs old - he didnt survive it & my others halfs dad died from a heart attack at 51.

So age & heart attack dont always go hand in hand. Just ask Mulumba about that a few weeks ago. How old is he? 22? 23?

[Roop]

At least it was only an M3 that got wrecked and not something remotely good.

[Alfa numeric]

No wonder the Gazette covered it- going by that google image it was only three doors down from their office!

[Carlton Banks]

fatboy69 said:

Well i'm not going to say it. The car & shop can be repaired. As for the driver - does anyone know how he is?

No reason why someone of 75 shouldnt drive - he would have been passed fit to drive by his Doctor & as we all know you dont have to be 75 to have a heart attack.

My brother in law had a heart attack at 49 yrs old - he didnt survive it & my others halfs dad died from a heart attack at 51.

So age & heart attack dont always go hand in hand. Just ask Mulumba about that a few weeks ago. How old is he? 22? 23?

MUAMBA

[J4CKO]

So, if you are on the pavement and have to avoid the M3 as it careers into the shop, doesnt that make you a Coffin Dodger Dodger ?

[Oakey]

Alfa numeric said:

No wonder the Gazette covered it- going by that google image it was only three doors down from their office!

Probably a papershop, their offices are up by Blackpool airport.

[Oakey]

DanDC5 said:

Looking at where the bollards are placed how did it end up there?

Obviously he had to conentrate very hard to thread it through the bollards, avoid the lamp post and put it through the window

[C.A.R.]

Alfa numeric said:

No wonder the Gazette covered it- going by that google image it was only three doors down from their office!

Too right, they've not even walked closer to the scene either, looks like someone just popped out the front door and grabbed a quick snap?! To be fair it looks like it's raining!

[DanDC5]

J4CKO said:

So, if you are on the pavement and have to avoid the M3 as it careers into the shop, doesnt that make you a Coffin Dodger Dodger ?

Makes you a Jammy Coffin Dodger

[wormburner]

Here's a friendly wave for Roop, as he eagerly checks-in to see if anyone got upset...

[monthefish]

fatboy69 said:

No reason why someone of 75 shouldnt drive - he would have been passed fit to drive by his Doctor

Don't think they do - I think it's a self-certify thing.

[farrendahl]

fatboy69 said:

Well i'm not going to say it. The car & shop can be repaired. As for the driver - looks like he is ok.

No reason why someone of 75 shouldnt drive - he would have been passed fit to drive by his Doctor & as we all know you dont have to be 75 to have a heart attack.

My brother in law had a heart attack at 49 yrs old - he didnt survive it & my others halfs dad died from a heart attack at 51.

So age & heart attack dont always go hand in hand. Just ask Mulumba about that a few weeks ago. How old is he? 22? 23?

Exactly, maybe it's just the cynical git in me that waits for as soon as the age of the driver is mentioned I have a mental countdown for the whole "They were to old to be on the road, They are too young to have such and such vehicle, they're to beige to have anything more interesting than a Vauxhall Vectra" etc etc

[scoobykev15]

perhaps the poster taking the piss out of heart attacks should experience one himself before he rips the piss.its no fun !