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Transporter and tank smash car

24th June 1999, Page 10
24th June 1999
Page 10
Page 10, 24th June 1999 — Transporter and tank smash car
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• An army transporter carrying a 66-tonne Challenger II tank ran out of control in rush-hour traffic and smashed into a family car in Nottinghamshire.

The Scammell careered off the road pulling down a telegraph pole and crashing through gardens before jackknifing and hitting the Salt family's stationary Ford Orion.

The car was written off but the family escaped with cuts, bruises and shock after Dahra Salt pulled her son Matthew, six and daughter Danielle, 11, from the wreckage,

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence says: It appears the driver was avoiding other vehicles after a mechanical failure. If there is any suggestion of mechanical failure REME will look at the vehicle in detail with a view to preventing it happening again in the future."

The 104-tonne GCW transporter was part of a convoy heading for Cherwynd Barracks. Chilwell. Police investigating the cause of the incident are looking at the possibility of brake failure.

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Organisations: An army, Ministry of Defence
People: Danielle, Matthew

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