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BBC News
12-05-2025
- BBC News
Two arrested after pedestrian struck by van in Royton street
Two men have been arrested after a pedestrian was struck by a van, leaving him seriously Manchester Police said the man, in his 30s, was hurt on Bleasdale Street in Royton, Oldham, at about 01:45 was taken to hospital, the force said. Two men, one in his 30s and one in his 60s, have been arrested on suspicion of assault and remain in custody for questioning. Part of Bleasdale Street has been cordoned off while officers investigate. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Van driver dies after crash on busy A-road
A van driver has died after a serious two-car crash on Thursday. Emergency services were called to the junction of the A414 Ongar Road and Wyse's Road, near Chelmsford, Essex, just before 11:00 BST. The driver of a Peugeot Partner vanr in his 30s died at the scene and a Fiat lorry driver was taken to hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable condition. Essex Police has appealed for more information and said specialist officers were supporting those affected by the incident. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Busy A-road closed after serious collision Essex Police
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Van driver dies after crash on Ongar Road near Chelmsford
A van driver has died after a serious two-car crash on services were called to the junction of the A414 Ongar Road and Wyse's Road, near Chelmsford, Essex, just before 11:00 driver of a Peugeot Partner vanr in his 30s died at the scene and a Fiat lorry driver was taken to hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable Police has appealed for more information and said specialist officers were supporting those affected by the incident. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- BBC News
Nottingham attacks survivors speak out for the first time
For Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller, the morning of 13 June 2023 started like any both, separately, got ready for work and caught buses into Nottingham city centre, but what happened shortly after would change their lives - along with Marcin Gawronski - were struck by a van driven by Valdo Calocane, leaving all three pedestrians seriously in the day, Calocane had fatally stabbed Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Sharon and Wayne have told their stories for the first time and explained how they feel a strong sense of survivor's day started at home with her partner Martin, who she was looking forward to marrying after more than 30 happy years together. After finishing her morning cup of tea, the mother-of-one made her way to the bus stop, ready to catch her daily ride to her job as a was early in the morning - shortly before 05:00 BST - and her bus was delayed, leaving her worried she would be late for her made her way into the city centre and got off the bus as normal, but her journey to work ended as she crossed Market Street."I saw the van, and the next minute I'm in the air," she said. "I thought I was dying - all I could see was white."Sharon was rushed to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre with life-changing injuries."I broke my toe, five ribs, I lacerated my spleen, and I've got a big hole in the back of my leg that got badly infected," she said. Sharon, 46, now uses a walking stick and, given the physical demands of her job, has been unable to return to work after suffering serious orthopaedic and psychological trauma."I'm still in a lot of pain with my leg and my back, but I'm getting there," she a happy and sociable person who enjoyed trips out with friends and family, Sharon now only feels safe in the comfort of her own home."Martin and my family, and my grandkids make me happy, but I don't like going out," Sharon explained. "I was never like that before." Wayne had been on his way to his job as a forklift driver in the city centre when Calocane deliberately swerved across the road and drove into the back of spent more than six weeks in hospital with complex brain and physical injuries and, unlike Sharon, has no recollection of what fact, the 61-year-old struggles to recall any part of his life prior to 13 June injuries were so severe that he has had to re-learn basic skills such as reading, cleaning his teeth, and holding his knife and a tattoo on his arm - a tribute to his beloved Leeds United - was unfamiliar, and when he looked at it, he had to ask his family what it represented."My legs hurt all the time, my back hurts, I get headaches all the time and it's horrible not having any memory and not remembering people you've known and worked for," said Wayne, whose partner Tracey has cared for him since the attacks. One thing Sharon and Wayne have in common is the survivor's guilt they have both lived with since the attacks."Tracey tells me off for saying this, but I would have swapped my life for one of those poor students - without a doubt," Wayne said. "It was awful hearing what happened to them [in the court case]. What happened to me was nothing compared to that."Sharon added: "When I heard what had happened to Barnaby or Grace, I thought, 'I wish he'd took me instead of them'. "They were so young and still had their lives ahead of them - you just feel so guilty."You should be able to go to work, and they should be able to walk around; Ian should have been able to get into his van and go to work. "It's just so wrong." Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before the attacks, was sentenced to a hospital order in January 2024 after admitting three counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and three counts of attempted BBC has taken the decision not to publish a picture of Calocane in this feature at the request of the surviving said: "It's constantly on the news all the time, and I'm constantly seeing his face on the news. "Why keep showing his face?"The case has prompted a number of reviews, including a mental health homicide review commissioned by NHS earlier this year, Sharon and Wayne, alongside the families of Mr Webber, Ms O'Malley-Kumar and Mr Coates, were invited to Downing Street to discuss plans for a judge-led public inquiry. They both plan to engage fully with the inquiry, set to be chaired by Her Honour Deborah Taylor, and hope it will provide answers that lead to meaningful changes to help prevent similar incidents in the Almond, partner and solicitor at Rothera Bray, representing both Sharon and Wayne, said it was "crucial for the survivors to be central to the inquiry"."They want to put their story across and make sure they're not forgotten survivors," he added.
Free Malaysia Today
06-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Woman flung from van found dead on Kesas Highway
Cheras police chief Aidil Bolhassan said the van did not stop after the woman fell on the highway. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA : A 44-year-old woman was found dead after she was reportedly flung out of a moving van along the Kesas Highway near the Awan Besar rest area heading towards here earlier today. Cheras police chief Aidil Bolhassan said police received a distress call at 2.58pm from a witness who claimed to have seen the woman being ejected from the van. 'The van fled the scene. The victim was confirmed dead at the location by medical personnel,' he said in a statement today. It is not known whether the woman died before or after being flung from the vehicle. She has been identified as being from Menglembu, Ipoh, but her name has been withheld.
