Police have closed the main road into Newport at Blackwater this morning (Thursday) as a result of a car rolling onto its roof.
The incident – the 5th crash in the past 12 hours – has occurred on Blackwater Road near to Mole Valley Stores.
Island Echo is told that a vehicle has ended up on its roof after colliding with another vehicle.
The crash occurred at around 05:05 this morning.
Motorists are being diverted locally and Southern Vectis Routes 2 and 3 are operating via Downend.
UPDATE @ 07:05 – Blackwater Road has now reopened in both directions following recovery of the vehicle.
1 person has been taken to St Mary’s Hospital by ambulance.
Southern Vectis buses are returning to a normal route.
5 th crash in 12 hrs has everyone forgotten how to drive it’s getting worse makes you scared to go out
This morning I was travelling towards whitlybank from Shanklin taking school children to st Catherines school Ventnor, I had a woman driver swinging her arms around with a lot of anger.
She was driving a little white car so close to me , if for some reason I needed to break she would have hit the back of my taxi…I was travelling at forty mph which is not a slow speed..
Our roads are riddled with these so called drivers….more idiots will be along soon.
Surprised not to see the idiot who overtook us on Comberly Road on his roof. If there had been cyclists or horses round the bend……
Sorry, i was in a hurry and you drive to slow
You complete tit!
I’m surprised the woman i saw speeding down Green Lane in a black Mercedes this morning isn’t one of today’s statistics, if she carries on driving like that it’s only a matter of time.
more bad driving on the IW
Probably had too much upside down pineapple pudding. lol