Blast drama after chase.ARMY bomb disposal experts bomb disposal expert n → artificiero/a blew up a package believed to be dynamite dynamite, explosive made from nitroglycerin and an inert, porous filler such as wood pulp, sawdust, kieselguhr, or some other absorbent material. The proportions vary in different kinds of dynamite; often ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate is added. which was found dumped on a main Coventry road The Coventry Road Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was established in 1946 but demolished in 1964. It was built after the Ashby Road ground was destroyed in the Second World War because it had left Hinckley without a venue for . The explosives team was called after a police car chase in rush-hour traffic yesterday. The drama unfolded in front of hundreds of motorists along the A444 Phoenix Way, which links Binley Road in Stoke to the north of the city. The busy road was closed for two hours from 6pm. Police in an unmarked car began following a Vauxhall Cavalier The Vauxhall Cavalier was a large family car sold primarily in the UK by Vauxhall Motors, the British subsidiary of General Motors from 1975 to 1995. Mark I (1975-81) in Stoke Aldermoor Stoke Aldermoor is a suburb in Coventry, West Midlands, England. An area of Stoke Aldermoor consisting a small estate alongside the northeast of Pinley Fields is called Pinley. just after 5pm, after it failed to stop. The car sped off to Phoenix Way. It stopped about half a mile north of the Binley Road and reversed into the police car before speeding off again. It shunted the police car twice more and the pursuit carried on to Wyken where police lost the Cavalier. It was found abandoned in Tiverton Road, Wyken. The police officers, who suffered whiplash injuries whiplash injury n. A hyperextension-hyperflexion injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking movement of the head, either in a backward or forward direction. , went back to Phoenix Way where they found a package, and the army was called in. Insp Andy Roughton, from Chace Avenue police station, said it looked like sticks of dynamite, tied together. The army carried out a controlled detonation. He said police now thought the package was likely to have been a professional firework and not linked to any terrorist activity. They also do not believe the package had anything to do with the driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier. Any witnesses to the incident are asked to phone police on 0845 1135000. |
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