A13 crash: taxi drivers lucky escape

Perry Richardson
Apr 13, 2018
1 min read

A taxi driver had a very lucky escape yesterday when his vehicle was flipped onto its side after a major road accident.

The accident, which happened on the A13 near the Wennington turn off, required the specialist cutting crew from East Ham fire station as well as appliances from both Wennington and Barking.

A second vehicle involved in the accident was found to have it's wheels torn off.

Incredibly no serious injury has been reported to the driver of either vehicle, despite being trapped in their vehicles for 45 minutes.

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