A car has crashed head-on into a traffic island between Fishbourne and Wootton this afternoon (Monday).
The Kia Rio has smashed into the street furniture at Kite Hill, on the main road between Ryde and Newport.
Police and paramedics are in attendance, but thankfully the male driver has not sustained any serious injuries. He is to make his own way home.
Island Echo is told that the driver was swatting a spider away when, in a panic, he lost control of the vehicle.
Traffic is heavy in the area as Stag Lane Motors work to recover the vehicle.
UPDATE – The vehicle has been recovered and the clear has cleared.
Island Roads have been made aware of the damage to the traffic island.
Thankfully nobody was standing on the island while he was swating flies.
it’s not a crossing .So wouldn’t be any one stood there.
Spiders not flies read the article
we did read the article and it originally said fly and after comments were added it was changed to spider….
>Kia
Garbage tier car, good that its down the scrap yard :^)
Take his license away.
Why ?
Driving without due care and attention would be a good start.
Last week spilling a drink, this week swatting flies. At least it is taking the pressure off Island Roads!!
Street furniture that’s a posh name for a road sign. Bet you it was an old bloke driving they are the only generation that would drive a crappy old Kia
Oh ‘eck! Thank goodness nobody was on or near that traffic island. The poor sign is no longer good for anything.
Neither is his vehicle. Notice no comments yet regarding the cause was mainlanders driving, probably as it was one of the many island drivers that once again was the cause, hope the insect escaped unscathed.
whats happened to the fly he was swatting? is the fly ok? 🙂
Did you actually read the article?
It turned into a spider
Yes I did, and when I commented it said FLY and was later changed to SPIDER.
He shouldn’t have taken his eyes off the road, imagine what could of happened if he did the same thing in a busy town…
Is he an absolute imbecile for goodness sake. Thank god no one was standing there. How thick is he.
And you Suzie… You’ve never been surprised and done something silly. Oh no. You’re a perfect little witch aren’t you?
What a bunch of self righteous tossers you all are .all so perfect none of you have ever made a mistake .
I did once but i was jammy and dodged it.
Tell that to all those family’s that loose their loved ones because idiots have killed there inocent loved ones, your attitude is a complete disgrace.
You call people self righteous! Yet you have nothing to say about all the deaths on our roads every year, you stink!!!.
I’ve never crash directly into a traffic island due to taking my eyes of the road to swat a spider. Judging by your comment, I’m guessing you will soon though.
Yes. But I did not blame a spider.
Was it McDonald’s or kfc in car ??????
Lease they had the sense to crash bang in the middle so traffic can still flow, still need to be done for careless driving tho.
Anyone know which one of the deadly spiders it was we have on the island
Obviously an Isle of Wight Funnel Web, best thing to swat them with is a phone.
Is the spider ok? Or was that just an excuse for ogling a women, or man, and don’t want worse should the wife find out?
That comment says far more about you than it does anything or anyone else.
Was he really swatting a spider? He has hit the traffic island perfectly head as opposed to swerving into it which suggests he was driving down the centre of the road for a reasonable distance. Surely when your car starts to move off straight you correct it within a second, irrelevant to distractions. Suspect he was driving too fast.
Samsung spider no doubt!
How is the spider because their lives matter!
Funny how some people are so eager to pass judgement and be funny that they read ‘spider’ and see ‘fly’. What a bunch of morons.
Originally said fly and after comments were added Island Echo changed it to spider, just goes to show how eager you are to pass judgement without knowing all the facts.
Originally said fly and after comments were added it was changed to spider, just goes to show how eager you are to pass judgement without knowing all the facts.
The article originally said fly, then was changed, you utter spoon.
Mayhaps the spider ate the fly. THINK
I hope the spiders ok
Just a bit of a scratch Guv. That’ll soon buff out!
How big was that spider
More like searching the web on his phone
More like on the phone
Twat
It was one of those Red Funnel Webs – no Bollards!
lol spider/fly. They believed that? Obviously on his phone