Results tagged “accident”

The search for the missing crew member of a tugboat that sank in the Thames this morning has been abandoned. Marine accident experts will now begin an investigation into what caused Chieftain to sink.

An accident involving two lorries at Blackwall Tunnel at around 8am is causing two hour tailbacks. The tunnel was closed northbound for 45 minutes to allow for recovery work and fuel spillage clean up. There are now residual tailbacks currently queuing back on the A2 back to Falconwood. A206 Woolwich Road westbound tailbacks are currently to Frances Street. Traffic is also slow moving on Evelyn Street between Greenwich and Surrey Quays. Drivers are advised to use an alternate route where possible.

Tributes have been paid to a popular teenage motorcyclist who died in an accident on Westferry Road on Saturday afternoon.

The death of 19-year-old Tom Spiteri, which happened in mid-afternoon after an incident involving a car, has led to calls for a 20 mph speed limit to be introduced on the Isle of Dogs.

London's air ambulance was called to Canary Wharf on Saturday afternoon after a woman was knocked down by a bus.

The incident occurred at Westferry Circus at around 2.40pm when the northbound bus struck the 25-year-old pedestrian, causing her head injuries.

A YOUNG Poplar woman was among the friends who died when their car veered off the A12 and hit a tree.

Ashley Plumber, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene following the incident on Sunday (January 18). Fellow passengers Nathalie Mithsud, 21, and Terry Pluck, 23 - who both lived in Bow - were also killed. Two other occupants of the vehicle are in hospital.