Newspaper report E type in crash

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#1 Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by tim wood » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:26 pm

Link below mention accident involving an e type.
Unfortunately some injuries

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/l ... al-3436448
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#2 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by PeterCrespin » Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:57 pm

Four women in the E-type! Know the road well and am in Derbyshire today.
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#3 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by Moeregaard » Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:45 am

Not good. I hope all injured parties make a full recovery. Incidents such as this are not good for the vintage-car hobby. Politicians in the U.S. are starting to make noise about requiring owners to retrofit their cars with modern safety equipment or park them. I'm sure legislators around the globe are entertaining similar thoughts.
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#4 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by SEJohnson95 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:46 pm

I saw this and was asked about it, given the E-type featuring and the fact that the incident was around a mile from home. I haven't seen or heard any details about the parties involved either, although the convoy of police cars and ambulances came speeding through our village when were were outside walking the doglet!
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#5 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by djw61 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:27 pm

Given the number of people purportedly in the E-Type and the fact that they appear to have had less serious injuries, is it possible that the newspaper got it wrong and that they were actually in a Jaguar XE? Hope they all have a full and speedy recovery.
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#6 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by cactusman » Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:35 pm

I would tentatively agree with David....slightly hard to imagine four women in an e type. The two in the rear would be most uncomfortable. Sadly I'd also imagine those in an e type would come off much worse than those in a modern focus in a head on collision. Hope all those involved make a full recovery.
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#7 Re: Newspaper report E type in crash

Post by malcolm » Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:07 am

If it was an E Type, I'd have thought the news would be more widespread
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