Car falls 50ft on to motorway.Byline: Neil Elkes A DRIVER escaped with no serious injuries after his car plunged 50ft from a flyover and landed on its roof on the M42. Paramedics, who treated the man after he was plucked from the wreckage, described his escape as "miraculous". The car fell from the flyover on to the M42, near to the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. and Birmingham International Airport Birmingham International Airport may refer to:
Emergency crews arrived at the scene, about a mile south of junction six, and found the car on its roof in lanes one and two of the southbound carriageway carriageway Noun 1. Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in one direction: the westbound carriageway of the M4 2. . Firefighters from Coleshill and Bickenill Station freed the driver, who is in his 50s, from the wreckage. A West Midlands Ambulance spokesman said: "He was cut out of the vehicle and checked over at the scene by ambulance crews and a doctor." He was taken to Heartlands Hospital for treatment to minor injuries. The spokesman added: "Due to the nature of the crash, the man was extremely lucky not to suffer serious or even fatal injuries. " It is miraculous the man escaped injury considering the damage to the car." |
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