Elderly Mercedes driver injured in crash at Westfield, near Hastings

12:00pm Sunday 5th August 2012 in News By Ben Parsons

An 81-year-old woman was taken to hospital after a crash near Hastings.

The woman, from Westfield, near Hastings, was injured when her silver Mercedes A-class car overturned on the A28 at about 1.25pm on Friday.

The road was closed for about three hours after the crash.

The woman was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, for treatment.

Comments(3)

chrisinbrighton says...
2:10pm Sun 5 Aug 12

A danger to others as well as herself hope she's never allowed to drive again
A compulsery retest every 5 years after 70 would stop this

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ICantThinkOfAName says...
4:54pm Sun 5 Aug 12

As people of all ages are involved in crashes and therefore a danger to themselves and others, should they be prevented from driving again. Perhaps all drivers should be tested every five years.

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Old Ale Man says...
6:07pm Sun 5 Aug 12

ICantThinkOfAName wrote:
As people of all ages are involved in crashes and therefore a danger to themselves and others, should they be prevented from driving again. Perhaps all drivers should be tested every five years.
If as you suggest a re-test, every 5 years there'll need to be another100-000 examiners, another 100-000, 8 page booklets of forms too fill in, which should require another 10-000 printers and 10-000 too oversee the the correctness of the forms and so on and so on,.
That should add at least 200-000 or more civil servants for the taxpayer to find wages for, not forgeting another 40-000 driving instructors.
That should get the unemployment figures down for the Tories to boast about.
Hopefully you'll soon think of a name, I'm sure thinking of some right now!!!

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