It's very unusual for road traffic accidents to get such prominent news coverage - generally, they're dull and un-newsworthy, unlike train and air crashes, which are rare and memorable. This is clearly different - it involves vehicles newly returned from Iraq. The fact that the region is at a standstill, and England have a match tonight, is reminiscent of that TV programme the other week - I'll find the link in due course.
I note the quote
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says a civilian vehicle pulled in front of the transporter, causing it to jack-knife
I have a friend who always says, you may regard yourself to be a safe driver but can you prevent the murderous stupidity of other drivers? Cos it's cool, clever and funny to cut in front of something. Especially an artic carrying heavy vehicles.
I hope that the Press and various lobby organisations will call for a public enquiry into the number on deaths of Britain 's roads and introduce measures to minimise those deaths.
Quite why these vehicles couldn't have been transported by train is beyond me.
Updated to correct a few typos - our internet link at work is so piss poor I just publish and be damned.
