Accident closes A20 in both directions between Folkestone and Dover

Helena Branco wrote:

Hello,

My name is Helena Branco, I'm daughter of Joaquim Branco.

Any questions or comments, send me an email.

hscb.grh@gmail.com

Thank you.
Best regards
Helena

14 Jul 2010 12:43 PM

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Helena Branco wrote:

Hello

My name is Helena Branco,I'm the daughter of Joaquim Branco.

Any questions or comments, you can send to me please.

Thank you

best regards
Helena

14 Jul 2010 12:37 PM

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Helder wrote:

My e-mail is hsbranco72@gmail.com

28 Jun 2010 11:54 PM

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chiara wrote:

Allright. But we didn't wanted to talk about the accident itself you see.. Maybe you could answer some of our questions but i don't want to do this on this website because everbody can read this. And it can be very helpfull to us because we are also traumatised..
Hope you can help us, thank you anyway.

28 Jun 2010 7:21 PM

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Helder wrote:

I talked to my aunt and she knew all about the accident, because my uncle before dying in the hospital, could talk to one mail nurse in the hospital in spanish too and he was the one who gave the contacts about his family. She was in contact with the police, but she didn´t wanted to know anything about the accident itself, but i told her daugther about you and your brother, but she didn´t wanted to know anything more about it and thanked the help that you´ve given him in the accident. For my part i thank you too for the help you have given me and my family and god be with you both.

27 Jun 2010 5:47 PM

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Chiara wrote:

Hello Helder,
Is there an other way where I can contact you? Like an emailadress? Me and my brother would like to contact you, because we've some questions, and perhaps you do to.
Chiara

24 Jun 2010 9:09 AM

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Tiddyd wrote:

Having seen the aftermath of this accident about 10- 15 minutes after it happened I was shocked that the A20 (into Dover was still open) - fire engines police et al all present - when I had passed the accident I was still amazed that the London bound carrigeway was also still open (although traffic was not passing the accident)but cars were building up behind the lorries (surely the police could have closed the road at the last roundabout). My thoughts go out to both families who have been affected by this terrible accident.

15 Jun 2010 9:43 PM

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HELDER wrote:

I still didn´t spoke with my aunt, because she treating all the papers in england, but when i can i will ask her that, thanks. I think by next week i will leave a coment here saying what my aunt told me.
And thanks for the help you have been given me and my family.

14 Jun 2010 9:33 PM

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chiara wrote:

Hello Helder,

We spoke with the police on sunday and they told us that the family would contact us when they are ready for it.. but if not or if they didn't receive our data, i can give you my mailadress if you'd like..
Chiara

14 Jun 2010 1:29 PM

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Helder wrote:

Thank you Chiara, too, for your explanations and the help the booth of you did to the drivers, especially to my uncle, and i ask the same to you that i asked to Frances, if possible. All that you are telling me i will tell to my aunt, when she feels better. Perhaps that will help her in this dificult hour.
Fortunatelly there are still good persons in this world like you.
Thank you.

13 Jun 2010 10:23 PM

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Helder wrote:

Thank you for your help and wishes, Frances. Did he say anything else that you could understand? Did he said what caused the crash? If not, thank you anyway, because at least someone was there that care about him, like you and the drivers who tried to save him and end up saving the life of the other driver too.
I wish you well and your family.

13 Jun 2010 10:15 PM

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Chiara wrote:

Hello,
me and my brother ( we are from holland) where the first ones to arrive at the scene, when we saw the hungarian driver let himself fall out of the window we immediatly got out of the car and ran towards the lorries. seconds after we arrived at the hungarian driver, the portugese man walked around towards us, my brother stayed with him all the time and spoke a little spanish with him, he was the translater for him.
I want to say thanks to the ones that did help us, and our prayers are with all of you.
Chiara

13 Jun 2010 10:11 PM

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Frances Harrison wrote:

Helder, I was the one who named Joaquim, sorry I spelled it wrongly,because I was with him when he gave his name and date of birth to the police officer.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and all his family.
May he rest in peace.
Frances

13 Jun 2010 8:40 PM

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Helder wrote:

I would like to know if the driver's name was Joaquim, and how did you know his name, please. I am asking if it is, because he was my father´s younger brother, and i would like to know if he said anything for his family or if he was feeling anything at the time of the accident. Anyway i would like to thank to the drivers who tried to save him and may god bless yo.

13 Jun 2010 12:00 AM

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David wrote:

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12 Jun 2010 5:11 PM

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Robert wrote:

Well done Daf, you did your best to save the guy. Too many are happy to watch and whinge afterwards. The world needs more like you. Bravo.

12 Jun 2010 10:35 AM

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Daf wrote:

There was no fog what so ever at the time of the accident.

As I came just over the hills from Dover I saw smoke in the distance. I pulled up as second vehicle behind these already burning trucks and couldn't tell what happened until i saw the central reservation.

But again, there was no fog and traffic was very very light at the moment, I think I only passed 2 cars and 1 truck going the opposite way from the roundabout to the place of the accident.

I would like to thank the Brittisch driver who pulled both truck drivers out and away from their truck with me, poored water of the Portuguse driver to put out the flames and comfort him.

It's sad to hear our effort didn't had any effect as he died later on. He truly was heavily burned though but well alive.

And indeed Dan; close your ports and you will not have the truck problem anymore, but enjoy the protest groups on air trafic by night as we see here in Belgium and then what? You buy, we deliver... We don't deliver, you don't buy!

I do drive about 2000miles every week, and the most accidents I see are not because of truckdrivers, only if it happens it has bigger concequences.

Anyway, my condolences to his family and all the best for the other driver.

12 Jun 2010 9:49 AM

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dan wrote:

just because they are in forign trucks doenst mean there not english drivers, surely if you know lorry drivers you know they have to do a hgv test and that teaches them how to drive lorrys so surely they have passed their test they have a right to drive, and they are making it so that lorrys are not able to overtake on this stretch of road. so what if it was foggy, snowing, raining, these people do more driving in a year than most people do in 10. so lay off the drivers and with out these people you wouldnt be able to go to a shop and buy anything..

11 Jun 2010 9:27 PM

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Anony-mouse wrote:

Timbo, you said they only worked when it was cloudy and NOT in the fog. Do you have short term memory loss or are you myopic?
Remind me, was the accident in question in foggy conditions?

11 Jun 2010 8:28 PM

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timbo wrote:

Have u driven up past them when its foggy anony-mouse they are big enough and bright enough to see! yes its another tragic accident on a road that is prone to fog but i think maybe lorries should only be allowed single file on that section.its not the 1st and it wont be the last till something is done. RIP Joachim

11 Jun 2010 7:45 PM

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Terence wrote:

You are right Frances. May Joachim rest in peace and my very sincere sympathy to his friends and family.

11 Jun 2010 6:19 PM

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Frances Harrison wrote:

I just ask that you stop your bickering and remember, Joachim, a Portugese national who had horrific burns. I understand he has died from his injuries. May he rest in peace.

11 Jun 2010 6:07 PM

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Anony-mouse wrote:

Of course only continental truck-drivers need signs to tell them it's foggy. How do you see them in the fog? Soon bigger signs for the blind?....And talking signs for timbo!

11 Jun 2010 3:39 PM

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Terence wrote:

With RefErence to Timbo; I didn't realise comments were resrved to people who live "in the area". Wherever are these foreign lorries coming from? It beats me....Dover maybe? The Continent? Abroad even? They must be coming into the country somehow. But then being "from the area" I suspect YOU know. But then, it's not really the point is it?

11 Jun 2010 3:15 PM

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timbo wrote:

With referance to your report Terence do you actually live in this area considering the port of Folkestone has been closed for many a year!!! And the council spending all that money on fog warning signs is a joke they only work when its cloudy and not when its foggy!

11 Jun 2010 12:20 PM

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bob wrote:

i wasnt relating to this accident, but I mean in general. lorries overtaking is a joke! especially on that stretch of road on the a20. it causes too many accidents. they have no reason to overtake. clearly if the lorry went into the central reservation, it was in the outside lane, so shouldn't of even been in that lane!

11 Jun 2010 10:57 AM

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Terence wrote:

Jo, does this mean that British truck-drivers will be able to have free accidents, here and abroad?

11 Jun 2010 10:36 AM

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JO wrote:

Nothing to do with over taking a head on where one lorry crossed the central reservation & crashed into the other lorry going in to the opposite direction. This is why our Government need to start charging foreign lorries on our roads! The clean up mess must have cost thousands, I have seen them go up & down the M20 ignoring our speed limited & road rules full stop.

11 Jun 2010 10:25 AM

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bob wrote:

foreign lorries are the main cause of accidents these days on this stretch of road, it needs to be sorted and stop them from overtaking!

11 Jun 2010 10:21 AM

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Amanda M wrote:

MJ: initial report on here suggested the time of the accident was 5.30pm, the actual time I was reading the article was 5.11pm. It was corrected, quietly.

Terrible to know people have lost their lives in this accident :o(

11 Jun 2010 9:38 AM

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Terence wrote:

With Reference to "blueharbourbouy"; apparently British lorries cross the channel to go the continent too and sadly they too have accidents. What do you think the port of Folkestone is for you fool? Get a life.

11 Jun 2010 9:24 AM

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MJ wrote:

Time of the incident is correct, the road is still closed as SOCO are still investigating.

Unfortunately it doesnt matter if the lorries are foreign or not - 90% are nowadays.

The road was foggy and complete accident and unfortunately it seems that two people have lost their lifes and another is critical with 90% burns

11 Jun 2010 3:54 AM

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blueharberbouy wrote:

I see from the TV , that at least one of the lorries was foreign registered !

10 Jun 2010 10:32 PM

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Amanda M wrote:

My thoughts and well wishes go the both the drivers and their families.

10 Jun 2010 5:11 PM

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Amanda M wrote:

If anyone is still in the office, I think you may have the time wrong?

10 Jun 2010 5:10 PM

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