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Old April 9th 15, 08:25 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Could have been very bad?

On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 21:44:59 UTC+1, Grebbsy McLaren wrote:
It was a dark and stormy night when Roland Perry
wrote in article ...
In message 2015040818524589775-email@domaincom, at 18:52:45 on Wed, 8
Apr 2015, eastender remarked:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32218443


The worst thing about it is you not giving us any context as to why this
story might be interesting.


No, the worst thing about it is the LFB spokesman's grammar...


Richard Knighton, from LFB, said: "The lorry has smashed into the bridge and the 'grabber' on top has gone on to the track.

"The train driver has quickly seen it and jumped on the emergency brakes, which has narrowly escaped a potential disaster.
"The track has also been damaged so there was also the possibility of a derailing."

That's what he said; it is indeed all over the place but I have been on Facebook and compared to most native English speakers Knighton is like Malcolm Muggeridge.