A man aged in his 70s has been killed following a serious collision on a key road near Maidstone on Sunday, July 9. At around 5am, a white Hyundai car was travelling southbound on the A229 Linton Road over the Loose viaduct in the direction of Maidstone.

The vehicle collided with a wall which separates the road from the footpath. Kent Police said: “The driver, a man in his 70s, was confirmed deceased at the scene.”

A road closure remained in place on the A229 Linton Road throughout the day, as police remained in the area and accident investigations were carried out. The road was then re-opened shortly after 3pm.

The Serious Collision Investigation Unit has launched an investigation into the incident. Witnesses and those with relevant information are urged to come forward.

Witnesses should call the SCIU appeal line on 01622 798538 or email sciu.td@kent.pnn.police.uk quoting reference AH/CF/072/23. Anyone with dashcam footage or private CCTV taken in the area which might assist enquiries can submit it using the public
portal link here.

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/driver-killed-loose-crash-after-8586709

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On 09/07/2023 08:09 pm, swldx...@gmail.com [the Chief Chav] wrote:

A man aged in his 70s has been killed following a serious collision on a key road near Maidstone on Sunday, July 9. At around 5am, a white Hyundai car was travelling southbound on the A229 Linton Road over the Loose viaduct in the direction of

Maidstone.

That would be a good trick - involving a shift in the space-time continuum.

Loose is some miles *south* of Maidstone. A southbound vehicle would
have to be ... er... moving away from that county town.

The vehicle collided with a wall which separates the road from the footpath. Kent Police said: “The driver, a man in his 70s, was confirmed deceased at the scene.”
A road closure remained in place on the A229 Linton Road throughout the day, as police remained in the area and accident investigations were carried out. The road was then re-opened shortly after 3pm.
The Serious Collision Investigation Unit has launched an investigation into the incident. Witnesses and those with relevant information are urged to come forward.
Witnesses should call the SCIU appeal line on 01622 798538 or email sciu.td@kent.pnn.police.uk quoting reference AH/CF/072/23. Anyone with dashcam footage or private CCTV taken in the area which might assist enquiries can submit it using the public

portal link here.

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/driver-killed-loose-crash-after-8586709

A "medical episode".

Pound to a penny.

The headline...

"Driver killed in Loose crash after car hits wall"

... makes no sense (then again, it doesn't have to; after all, May Sun
the Chief Chav wrote it).

What would have "killed" the driver if it wasn't either the collision or something which happened before it?

So perhaps the headline could have been:

"Driver dead after, and perhaps before, a Loose crash in which his car
hit a wall"

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QUOTE: The vehicle collided with a wall which separates the road from the footpath. ENDS

Looks like the wall did its job and protected anyone using the footpath.
Alls well that ends well.

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QUOTE: A man in his 70s has died in a crash after the car he was driving left the road and hit a wall. ENDS

These unmanned cars are a bugger for "leaving the road" all on their own.
Maybe design a car that can be controlled by a driver?

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On 09/07/2023 08:32 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

QUOTE: The vehicle collided with a wall which separates the road from the footpath. ENDS

Looks like the wall did its job and protected anyone using the footpath...

...at about 05:00.

Alls well that ends well.

A man has died, you misanthrope.

[Look it up.]

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QUOTE: A road closure remained in place on the A229 Linton Road throughout the day, as police remained in the area and accident investigations were carried out. The road was then re-opened shortly after 3pm. ENDS

That would mean that the road was closed for a massive TEN HOURS - surely the driver should pay for this massive "holding up of traffic" if a cyclist was blamed for a poxy nine seconds?

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On 09/07/2023 08:42 pm, swldx...@gmail.com [the Chief Yob] wrote:

QUOTE: A man in his 70s has died in a crash after the car he was driving left the road and hit a wall. ENDS

These unmanned cars are a bugger for "leaving the road" all on their own. Maybe design a car that can be controlled by a driver?

You really do your best to be the Chief Misanthrope and sociopath, don't
you?

A man has *died*, you idiot. How likely is it that he lost control of
his vehicle? At his age, and given the lack of other traffic at 05:00, a "medical episode" of some sort is the single most likely cause of the
loss of control.

It could happen to you one day. Bear that in mind, idiot.

Actually, you already *have* suffered a "medical episode", haven't you?

A reasonable person would have borne that in mind.

But that's definitely not you.

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On 09/07/2023 09:48 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

QUOTE: A road closure remained in place on the A229 Linton Road throughout the day, as police remained in the area and accident investigations were carried out. The road was then re-opened shortly after 3pm. ENDS

That would mean that the road was closed for a massive TEN HOURS - surely the driver should pay for this massive "holding up of traffic" if a cyclist was blamed for a poxy nine seconds?

You are an unreformable nutter.

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QUOTE: The Serious Collision Investigation Unit has launched an investigation into the incident. Witnesses and those with relevant information are urged to come forward. ENDS

Do you want footage from "sneaky" cyclists trying to trap "law abiding" (sic) drivers who have killed people?

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