At least six people died and several others were injured in road accidents in thick fog


Wednesday 19th December 1956

At least six people died and several others were injured in road accidents in thick fog. Most of England, south of a line from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Blackpool was shrouded in fog, with visibility in parts of East Anglia reduced to five yards (4.5 m) in places. In Bedfordshire two men in a van were killed when it crashed into a lorry. In Birmingham, a 16 year old girl, was killed when she was struck by a bus which mounted the pavement after colliding with a car. In Wales, forty-one miners on their way to work were taken to hospital when a double-decker bus overturned near Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorganshire. Ten were kept in for treatment.


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