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Coming back from Somerset on Saturday going on A371 through Cheddar

a car pulled out from a line of parked cars and collided head on with the car in front of me.

we managed to stop in time I put my hazzard lights on stopped the car and helped the lady out of the car in front as she had managed to get through the air bags we made her as comfortable as possible.

the emergency services had been called we managed to remove the battery leads on both cars.

the man in the car that had pulled out was removed from his car and given heart massage and mouth to mouth but died on the pavement in front of us.

I then spent almost an hour giving statements in Cheddar police station.

I was a bit on edge after this but thank god we had a safe journe from then on

John

What a horrible end to your holiday. Sounds like you did all you could to help. Hope you can put it behind you soon and think on to your next trip.

what a shock for you and your family, if you had been a few seconds further up the road it may have been you, you have had a lucky escape,

I hope you get over the shock soon, and your family

Thanks for all the good wishes

It has just sort of hit me now

still at least I got back in the driving seat straight away

regards to all

John

Must have been a really horrible thing to see.  Glad the lady is more or less ok, but sorry of the man that died.  Just goes to show, "Better late than never"!

Thats horrible, good job no one else was hurt too, could have been even worse!

We were in cheddar last week on a camping trip, saw a couple of accidents on the way home from somerset.

Hi John

I am sorry about your dreadfull experience.  I am a nurse and even in a hospital with all equipment it is very difficult to resucitate a person succesfully.  You did what you could which is all anyone can ask.

julie