Comments:Six killed in UK car crash

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== Verdict:- it is a very sad accident

Fine, nice picture, and was written expeditious.
I don't know where the road runs so it's difficult for me, to understand the situation in UK.
Ya, the headline: I was irritated, first I read 'UK car crash' and thought 'a car crash show in UK? Usual that's a part of america.' No, I know, it's hard, impossible to paraphrase that.

--Kai Burghardt (talk) 23:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

So by the sound of it 4 chavs crashed into some old people. Shouldn't it be 2 people killed in car crash then? --218.215.7.24 00:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Six people have died, devaluing their life, even as a joke, seems disgusting to me Anonymous101^talk 08:02, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Car Crash

I'm not sure why this is in the news in the first place.. car crashes happen quite frequently.. but anyway what were the specifics of the crash? The road in the picture looks perfectly straight, how did they manage to collide? Did one cross the center line or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.42.211.4 (talk) 00:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

A614 accident

I am a driver and am always amazed at the use of the word accident. 99.9% of road "accidents" could be avoided if the drivers were being careful and attentive.

Then if you had been involved in a crash and neither driver could be said to be negligent in any way then it is an "accident" in this example head on crash where vehicles explode doesnt say to me it was an "accident" I am not such a great driver myself and sometimes am aware of incidents where I could have had a crash, and so on and so on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.100.190.48 (talk) 05:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

The word 'accident' is defined by intent - if neither party has the intent to drive their car head-first into the other, then it is an accident; otherwise, it is a hit-and-run, or suicide, or so on and so forth. You are correct in stating that negligence has nothing to do with it. --128.243.253.112 16:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

to everyone

Nowadays more and more people were killed beacause of the car crash ,I have experienced one which made the families very sadness ,we should and must appraciate our life ,not only for ourselves ,but also for our families —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.243.161.45 (talk) 12:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Victims

I hear that it was Thomas Hudson (16), Jay Thompson (18 from Rainworth), Joshua "Drinky" Drinkwater (18) and Ross Johnson (19 from Rainworth). I live close by and knew 3 of the 6 victims. RIP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.83.174 (talk) 12:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

From Mansfield, United Kingdom - In response to the first comment made at the top of the page....

I think the boys who died in this crash were just genuine lads who were off to see a friend. They weren't drunk, they weren't high, and certainly not 'chavs' as you so eloquently put it.

It was a tragic accident. They died in the most horrific way possible, all the people involved, no matter how old or young they were. People die on that stretch of road alot - and these people, the poor things, were added to that number so far this year. Human error causes alot more problems than you think - whether putting something wrong into a till, or a car accident. It wasn't intentional so therefore, an accident.

I think that you judging them when they have only just died when you don't even know the story or them is sick pathetic and childish. How would you feel in that situation, where your friend or family member had just died in a pure accident like that?

You are totally unbelievable (this is aimed in response to the person who commented firs toff calling the people who died 'chavs'. Sorry, it's not fair) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.170.54 (talk) 20:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Sad

Although I don't live in the UK.....I can speculate that 6 people dying in one car crash is pretty unusual.....certainly newsworthy in my opinion.Buddpaul (talk) 17:09, 15 December 2009 (UTC)