“It was all you could hear for about 10 minutes – crash after crash after crash” said a witness to a British local journalist. Fortunately, no one was killed and Police Chief inspector Andy Reeves regards the accident as “miraculous” because there is no record of dead victims. The massive crash stopped when an inspired truck driver used his vehicle to block the bridge entrance.
The multilane Sheppey Crossing bridge connects the Isle of Sheppey with mainland Kent. Visibility was down to 20 yards on Thursday and now authorities are investing the incident. It is supposed that some people were driving too fast or without their lights on. Ambulance crews from Kent Fire and Rescue Service have been working hard to release people from their vehicles using hydraulic cutting equipment.
