Rochdale driver died when car park barrier fell on truck

stevebarnsleytrucker · 28 May 2014 16:10

Booked in when??:
What sad thing to hear. Just a bloke going about his day.
RIP driver
If the pic below causes offence please delete it for me.0

is that where the accident took place? RIP driver

booked_in_when · 28 May 2014 16:13

SteveBarnsleytrucker:

Booked in when??:
What sad thing to hear. Just a bloke going about his day.
RIP driver
If the pic below causes offence please delete it for me.0

is that where the accident took place? RIP driver

I looked on google earth and saw the barrier in question so screen grabbed it

ttx_boy · 28 May 2014 16:39

sad news.
does anyone know who he was driving for ?

m1cks · 28 May 2014 17:20

TTX boy:
sad news.
does anyone know who he was driving for ?

I think it was the Argos driver.

toyotat · 28 May 2014 17:25

Rip drive

atlas_man · 28 May 2014 18:28

RIP driver condolences to family,

harry_monk · 28 May 2014 18:41

How terribly awful. I think we all have at the back of our minds that we could die in an RTA because the brakes fail, or we make an error of judgment at speed,but who could possibly anticipate something like this?

irish_lorries · 28 May 2014 18:59

Sad but true to all drivers out there stay safe

lightning · 28 May 2014 19:04

bigvern1:
FFS…What a ridiculous way to meet your end. Poor bloke.

I could not have put it any better! Well said…

RIP Driver and condolences to anybody who knew him.

ramon123 · 29 May 2014 07:23

RIP Driver.

moomooland · 29 May 2014 10:22

m1cks:
I’m assuming the driver had keys and was responsible for opening and closing the barrier. Sad news.

You assume wrong.

The store staff have the key and are responsible for opening and closing the barrier before and after delivery.

R.I.P. Billy Barker who was one of the old school and a true gentleman.

desypete · 29 May 2014 11:13

how on earth has a pole entered his cab killing him ■■?
the mind boggles at this one as no one could of seen this sort of thing happening it just seems so incredible

rip to the driver so sad another one gone for just doing his daily job

m1cks · 29 May 2014 11:56

moomooland:

m1cks:
I’m assuming the driver had keys and was responsible for opening and closing the barrier. Sad news.

The store staff have the key and are responsible for opening and closing the barrier before and after delivery.

It that case I apologise. It there some sort of latch the bar is supposed to be located in or locked in place when it’s open? I couldn’t see one on the wall but none of the pictures show the area that clearly.

drift · 29 May 2014 14:11

Very sad news, thoughts with his family.

3300john · 29 May 2014 14:55

Hiya rest in peace drive its very sad news. condolences to his family…

i saw the very. sorry herd a bang then looked to see a delivery lorry with a height barrier
through his screen and into the bunk(very lucky driver) the 4 inch channel had moved round
so the driver was looking onto the end of the barrier(he never saw it) crash straight through
his screen. that was at Morrisons old shop in Saltney about 12 years ago. guess why the barrier
was there…them in the caravans making a mess everywhere
John

eddie_snax · 29 May 2014 18:00

3300John:
Hiya rest in peace drive its very sad news. condolences to his family…

What a shocking event, for someone to die in such a freak accident, obviously with him being a driver its closer to home for most who read these forums.

RIP, to the Driver, and condolences to his family friends and work colleagues.

3300John:
i saw the very. sorry herd a bang then looked to see a delivery lorry with a height barrier
through his screen and into the bunk(very lucky driver) the 4 inch channel had moved round
so the driver was looking onto the end of the barrier(he never saw it) crash straight through
his screen. that was at Morrisons old shop in Saltney about 12 years ago. guess why the barrier
was there…them in the caravans making a mess everywhere
John

On a similar vein, a driver were I worked some years ago drove into the height barrier at gate 2 port Felixstowe on the way in, It was dark winter morning, and as he approached the gate a lorry was stopped at the security cabin, so he moved to the left not seeing the normal height barrier(assumed it was open) and hit strainght into it. As it turned out the day before they had been preparing it for a repaint, had rubbed it down to a dull colour and taken the plastic that would usualy hang from it, also the barrier just happend to be at the same height as the join in the screen visor(scania). this was side on so no worry about it entering the vehicle, but it just shows how easy this sort off thing can happen.