16 people injured in three-vehicle crash

A minibus which crashed on a motorway in Greater Manchester and put 16 holidaymakers in hospital suffered a burst tyre, reports say. Witnesses rang emergency services for what one road-user described as “a sea of bodies” on the carriageway on Friday morning (BBC News, 2009)

Two cars collided on the Blackpool fun ride

A crash between two cars on the Big Dipper on Blackpool Pleasure Beach meant firefighters had to be called to rescue over 30 people at the height of the summer season this year.