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'At 6.12am a 999 call was made by a concerned member of the public about a coach having broken down on lane one of the M5 south.
'The Highways Agency did the appropriate signage on the network and dispatched their resources to the scene of the broken down coach as is normal practice.
'However, unfortunately at 6.24 hours a further call was received to say that a large goods vehicle had collided into the rear of the coach.
'Central Motorway police officers were immediately dispatched and arrived at the scene six minutes later.
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From:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...coach-fog.html
If they had appreciated the danger of the situation and deployed the Police immediately after the earlier 999 call they might have avoided the crash (or become involved in it!).
Sounds like the bus 'failed to proceed' with the driver attempting to restart it whilst stationary in lane 1.
Edited to add (from above):-
Quote:
The coach involved in the crash carried a logo of the company Stagecoach, but a spokesman for the firm said it had been sold to a dealer 18 months ago.
going from the Birmingham area to a place of work.
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