Friday 15 April 2016

Typical. You wait ages for another "bus hits bridge" story...

... and then two come along at once.

Daily Mail 1 April 2016:

Six people reportedly received minor injuries after a bus crashed into a railway bridge in Stockport...

(It appears that that people crash into that particular bridge quite regularly).

BBC 15 April 2016:

The roof of a double decker bus carrying language students from Thailand was sliced off while going under a railway bridge in Bournemouth.

Two 13-year old girls received minor injuries as the roof came off when the bus struck the bridge and travelled a further 30m (100ft) with an open top.

7 comments:

Pablo said...

No house prices then?!

Mark Wadsworth said...

P, as in "the railway bridge in Stockport, where the average house price is £180,000..."?

Bayard said...

The prices in Stockport might be a bit low for the DM, but surely the average price in Bournemouth merits a mention.

Henry North London 2.0 said...

Wages? OR Ages

Mark Wadsworth said...

B true.

H, thanks for spotting I have amended.

James Higham said...

Makes a change from cows.

Mark Wadsworth said...

JH, yes, cow attacks, sink holes, exploding man holes, buses hitting bridges, cars hitting buildings those are all things which can strike out of the blue.

Nobody expects them to happen even though they are surprisingly common and not really unexpected at all. Live in a house at the top of a T-junction? You are asking for it.