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Thursday, 22 July 2010

Tree collides with 4X4

The BMW X5 careered off the A33 Basingstoke Road about a mile north of Kings Worthy, near the junction with Bridgetts Lane, at about 7.50pm.
Posted by freewheeler at 09:22
Labels: fatalities, speeding
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