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The London Air Ambulance
was scrambled to a serious road accident on Tuesday afternoon. Two cars had
collided at the junction of Lawrie Park Avenue and Lawrie Park Gardens one
ending up embedded in one of the great trees that line the Avenue towards St
Barts Church.
Only the two drivers were involved. One was attended by
a paramedic while the other was more seriously injured and is being extracted
from the far car in the picture above. Police at the scene described the
injuries as apparently not life threatening - perhaps due to the airbags that
had deployed in each car.
Lawrie Park Avenue is a wide road which is prone to
speeding motorists. The junction with Lawrie Park Gardens was the scene of many
accidents prior to the erection of give way signs about ten years ago. This
incident will, doubtless give rise to more calls for speed calming measures.
Its a dificult choice - to prevent high speed drivers but also penalising law
abiding drivers. Do you have a view? Use the link below to discuss the traffic
management in the Sydenham Forum
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