Lotus Evora crashed on M40 - owner on here?
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Driving in the horrendous & torrential conditions up the M40 yesterday morning, I was passed by an Evora (who I must add, was not gunning it!), and off into the distance he steadily went. Then, about 100-200 yards ahead I saw him hit some standing water, the back-end immedatly broke loose and he smacked into the barrier hard, bounced across the three carriages, and ended up on the hard shoulder. There were bits of Evora scattered over lane 1 and traffic was brought down to a very slow crawl.
It all happened in the blink of an eye, but as the traffic slowed down it became abundantly clear that nobody who witnessed it was actually going to stop, they all sped up and carried on driving! I immediately whacked the hazards on and pulled across to the hard shoulder ahead and ran back to make sure the driver was ok.
As the rain continued to lash down, the guy got out of his car and seemed very calm, insisting he was ok and said he was going to call the AA. I offered him an umbrella etc, but he said he was fine. He shook my hand and thanked me for stopping, before I went on my way.
On reflection, I regret not staying for longer to make sure he wasn't in more shock than first appeared. I am also saddened (but not entirely surprised!) that nobody else who witnessed his crash stopped to help.
If anybody knows the guy, could you drop me a MSG, just to put my mind at ease and/or if he needs any more help.
Cheers
It all happened in the blink of an eye, but as the traffic slowed down it became abundantly clear that nobody who witnessed it was actually going to stop, they all sped up and carried on driving! I immediately whacked the hazards on and pulled across to the hard shoulder ahead and ran back to make sure the driver was ok.
As the rain continued to lash down, the guy got out of his car and seemed very calm, insisting he was ok and said he was going to call the AA. I offered him an umbrella etc, but he said he was fine. He shook my hand and thanked me for stopping, before I went on my way.
On reflection, I regret not staying for longer to make sure he wasn't in more shock than first appeared. I am also saddened (but not entirely surprised!) that nobody else who witnessed his crash stopped to help.
If anybody knows the guy, could you drop me a MSG, just to put my mind at ease and/or if he needs any more help.
Cheers
Edited by kmpowell on Sunday 2nd December 17:21
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