A family – including 2 young children – have escaped serious injury following a rollover road traffic collision at Yarbridge this afternoon (Monday).
A Vauxhall Zafira has come to a stop into a field after leaving the carriageway at Marshcombe Shute, between Yarbridge and Yaverland.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash at around 15:55, with fire appliances from Ryde and Shanklin mobilised for scene safety.
Island Echo is told that no other vehicles have been involved in the incident, which occurred on a downhill section. It is understood the Zafira driver was overtaking a tractor at the time of the crash.
An ambulance from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is in attendance at the scene alongside Police.
The 4 occupants of the vehicle are being checked over by paramedics.
Marshcombe Shute remains open to traffic in both directions.
I know I don’t know the facts but come on speeding or texting with out a doubt glad everyone got out ok
Really dodgy road that, I’ve felt my car almost “take off” at times. You don’t know the fact so “without a doubt” is unqualified.
If you have felt your car take off “Slowdown ” it’s not rocket science….
What is wrong with you???
Shut up
No you don’t and that is a totally wrong assumption! Don’t you think that they are going through enough!
Tyre failure ????
I would say put your hazards on to warn people of a crash but since the lights are completely gone I guess you’d needn’t bother.
It must be mad driving, even kids on board doesn’t stop idiots, judging by the photos I can’t come up with another explanation.
Thank god the kids are ok, the experience will be with them for years to come..
I know the family and mum is traumatised too! Accidents happen and throwing unsubstantiated accusations is not helpful to anyone!
Then tell us what happened then! If you k know so much…
What ever is causing these one car accident ? It must be speed / faulty cars / or driving without due attention what the answer?
Is it just me, but a lot, if not all these resent crashes seem to happen on the new road surface.
I hear horses find it hard to grip on said roads.
Just a thought.
Are you saying don’t resurface our roads then????
It’s another rollover week
That’s the second single vehicle ‘accident’ today !!!
Thoughts with everyone involved especially the 2 children. Cars are replaceable lives are not !
Hasn’t it got an adverse camber down there ???
Slowdown then!!!!
driving…….too……fast – (I’d love to be proved wrong)
Perhaps he was unfortunate enough to have a tyre fail !!!!
More bad driving on the I o w
You lot should be crash investigation experts. You all seem to be self qualified.
Why not stand at the side of the road wagging your fingers.
You have no idea what happened here, this is the lives of some unfortunate family that your judging in an offhand way.
What you’ve said is fair comment Tim, but those making ‘accusatory’ comments are probably, like myself, careful drivers who’ve overtaken hundreds of tractors (in my case during 49 years of driving) and never ended up in a field – is that just down to luck??? I think we’re just exasperated by reading about this apparent ‘epidemic’ of single-vehicle car crashes. My opinion is that most people are always in a mad rush to get where they’re going at the expense of driving carefully (all of the time). If something else caused this incident e.g.mechanical failure, avoiding an animal on the road, avoiding an oncoming vehicle etc. then I will eat a large portion of humble pie. In any case, I hope those involved all recover quickly.
Well said Bob
a few mins on your journey safety before time slow down you will get their just as quick
50mph is far to fast to drive on winding island country roads,especially this time of year,but to be fair if it was reduced to 40mph i would still have brain dead people overtaking me at 60mph,of course we don’t know if speed was the problem here but I do wish people would slow down.