Man Killed about 400yards from my house

[JimoVTR]

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/latestnews/Tewkesbury-man-dies-M5-hit-run/article-343561-detail/article.html

A MAN was killed as he walked along the M5 in a suspected hit-and-run.

The 31-year-old, believed to be Michael Ryder, of York Road, Tewkesbury, was found by police on the northbound carriageway of the motorway, north of junction nine, at 5.15am yesterday.

He had been struck by a vehicle in the left-hand lane of the motorway near the slip road.

Police shut the road between junctions eight and 11 for 11 hours as forensic officers dressed in black carried out a finger-tip search of the crash scene.

A white forensic tent was placed in the middle lane of the motorway.
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Police found a wing mirror at the scene. They believe it belongs to a 2004 to 2006 silver Honda CRV 4x4 and are keen to speak to the owner of the vehicle.

Officers also want to speak to the drivers of two cars spotted at rest on the hard shoulder, 300 metres north of the accident site.

The northbound carriageway of the motorway was closed from 5.30am until 4.30pm to allow the investigation to take place.

Heavy goods vehicles were diverted from the motorway on to the A46, and traffic was directed to the Golden Valley bypass and A38.

The closure caused huge tailbacks in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury as motorists followed alternative routes.

A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire police said: "Between 5.15am and 5.20am, a pedestrian, spotted walking on the northbound carriageway between junctions nine and eight, was struck by a vehicle, also travelling northbound, that failed to stop.

"Paramedics confirmed the man dead at the scene and the coroner has been informed.

"Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information should call Gloucestershire police on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident 160 of September 21.

The accident comes days after Chief Constable Tim Brain appealed for drivers in the county to slow down.

He said that the high death toll on the county's roads was due to driving too fast.

Obviously he shouldnt have been there in the first place.
But the driver should have stopped.

Views, discuss.

[AdamW]

Nasty shit.....

Coming back from Cinema friday night....was easily 1am and was on a dual carrageway and there was a guy standing in the middle of the road with his shirt off trying to stop cars.....

Was close to hitting him.....fucking prick....would of been mashed all over my bonnet. 500 yards up the road the police were at the roundabout arresting some other half naked guy

[JimoVTR]

Sounds harsh, but maybe they deserve to be run over?

[Clouds_mate]

31 year old from Tewkesbury. Whats Metrodans real name isnt that Michael?

[AdamW]

The wonders of alcohol.......

[JimoVTR]

31 year old from Tewkesbury. Whats Metrodans real name isnt that Michael?

funnily enough no... its Dan ;)
lol

Apparently quite well known.... but cant be that well known, because I didnt know him.

The wonders of alcohol.......

We've all done silly things...

[Robb]

Hmmmm I dunno on this one. Feel bad for the loss but you really are asking for it walking along the motorway.

[AlexB]

jimo you still have blood on your bumper

[AdamW]

The driver may not of even know he hit anything.....thats the bad thing

[JimoVTR]

jimo you still have blood on your bumper

That was the bear from the woods.
shhhhhhhhhhh

[Peejous]

And anybody who's anybody knows Jimo.

[Clouds_mate]

My friend hit an old man who was walking in the middle of the road. He didnt know he hit anything. He only clipped him with his drivers side wing mirror. He got to my mates house (Who he works with) and said to his friends that he smashed his wing mirror. When it got light he looked at the van and it had blood all over it. My mate told him to go to station and report it just incase it was a dog or something stupid. He did.

Was arrested there and then for killing a man and leaving the scene. He was sentanced to 2 years but only served 1.

[JimoVTR]

And anybody who's anybody knows Jimo.

just saying he was well known, but i didnt know him.
We live (well I live) in the same town as he did, and its bloody small

[JimoVTR]

My friend hit an old man who was walking in the middle of the road. He didnt know he hit anything. He only clipped him with his drivers side wing mirror. He got to my mates house (Who he works with) and said to his friends that he smashed his wing mirror. When it got light he looked at the van and it had blood all over it. My mate told him to go to station and report it just incase it was a dog or something stupid. He did.

Was arrested there and then for killing a man and leaving the scene. He was sentanced to 2 years but only served 1.

Thats wrong imo

[betty02]

Harsh as fuck driving away and not stopping, and he didnt deserve to die at all, but why was we walking down the motorway? and also the person must of gone onto the hard sholder in order to hit him unless he was walking in the lanes themselves, but then sureley people would of seen it?

[Robb]

My friend hit an old man who was walking in the middle of the road. He didnt know he hit anything. He only clipped him with his drivers side wing mirror. He got to my mates house (Who he works with) and said to his friends that he smashed his wing mirror. When it got light he looked at the van and it had blood all over it. My mate told him to go to station and report it just incase it was a dog or something stupid. He did.

Was arrested there and then for killing a man and leaving the scene. He was sentanced to 2 years but only served 1.

Thats fucked up.

[Clouds_mate]

Do you not rememeber me saying about it a few years back on here?

Guys proper wierd now. does well strange things. Said prison was a breeze also. Sat playing PS2 and watching TV all day for 1 year.

Was bit of a shock about it all really, he was a proper goody goody

[Peejous]

...the person must of gone onto the hard sholder in order to hit him unless he was walking in the lanes themselves

Tents in the middle lane so im guessing the guy was in the middle of the motorway.

And at 70 (ish) someone in the road early morning darkness, your not really going to spot them until your quite close.

Maybe if the driver wasn't hogging the middle lane and was in the inside lane this would never have happened.
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[Danr]

Woman got mowed down in Guildford recently. On the a3.

[Jacko]

My friend hit an old man who was walking in the middle of the road. He didnt know he hit anything. He only clipped him with his drivers side wing mirror. He got to my mates house (Who he works with) and said to his friends that he smashed his wing mirror. When it got light he looked at the van and it had blood all over it. My mate told him to go to station and report it just incase it was a dog or something stupid. He did.

Was arrested there and then for killing a man and leaving the scene. He was sentanced to 2 years but only served 1.

did he really not know he hit him or was he just pretending?

the feeling of finding out youd killed a man when you thought youd clipped a dog would be fucking awfull like.

[betty02]

Tents in the middle lane so im guessing the guy was in the middle of the motorway.

And at 70 (ish) someone in the road early morning darkness, your not really going to spot them until your quite close.

Maybe if the driver wasn't hogging the middle lane and was in the inside lane this would never have happened.
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Me and dad were driving to hartpury in glouster on saturday and people loved sitting in the middle lane pissing me off tbh! Didnt they say though they found him on hard sholder? if so hit they stopped and mvoed him?

if so just sick tbh!

[Luke]

My friend hit an old man who was walking in the middle of the road. He didnt know he hit anything. He only clipped him with his drivers side wing mirror. He got to my mates house (Who he works with) and said to his friends that he smashed his wing mirror. When it got light he looked at the van and it had blood all over it. My mate told him to go to station and report it just incase it was a dog or something stupid. He did.

Was arrested there and then for killing a man and leaving the scene. He was sentanced to 2 years but only served 1.

That is proper harsh, least he actually went to admit what happened though and not let police find him.

I do recall you saying something on here about him coming out a while ago.

[JimoVTR]

Me and dad were driving to hartpury in glouster on saturday and people loved sitting in the middle lane pissing me off tbh! Didnt they say though they found him on hard sholder? if so hit they stopped and mvoed him?

if so just sick tbh!

ew... gloucester.

Middle lane hoggers are a nightmare round here.

I do it though if im by myself on the motorway.... more distance from the edges

[Peejous]

Or he crawled to the hard shoulder after realising that playing on the motorway is a bad idea after he'd just been fucked up by a car.

[betty02]

ew... gloucester.

Middle lane hoggers are a nightmare round here.

I do it though if im by myself on the motorway.... more distance from the edges

if alone on the motorway are you not meant to do it to avoid any accidents or was that just something ive heard?

Yeah was a nice loveley day there mind you!

[Clouds_mate]

Nope no idea, was like 4am in his van. He was (no longer has a license) really into his sound system. So im guessing he had the music up.

[djrem]

somethign you heard.

my step dad was pulled for doing 90mph on the motor way

Was waveed on because he was in the correct lane.

[Robb]

somethign you heard.

my step dad was pulled for doing 90mph on the motor way

Was waveed on because he was in the correct lane.

correct lane being the inside lane yeh?

[djrem]

yeah.

as in

Hard shoulder. You. Middle lane. Outside lane. Central Reservation.

[Peejous]

yeah.

as in

Hard shoulder. You. Middle lane. Outside lane. Central Reservation.

Me? or You?

[djawesome123]

Me and dad were driving to hartpury in glouster on saturday and people loved sitting in the middle lane pissing me off tbh! Didnt they say though they found him on hard sholder? if so hit they stopped and mvoed him?
if so just sick tbh!


Not neccesarily. If you think about how far a body is going to travel if its hit at 70+ mph then it could end up almost anywhere

[djawesome123]

Double post ftl :n:

[scammell-29]

Dont think the last comment on the story is necessary, about speed.

He could have been doing 60 and that guy still would have had no chance if he hit him full on.

Maybe he had broken down and as he lived so close decided to walk home and sort it in the morning?

Maybe he knew one of the people who were stopped further up the road and he was walking to help them?

Theres no excuse for not stopping really, but I can only imagine you'd be bricking it if you hit someone, i can easily imagine being too scared of the consequences to stop, especially if you're not from the area, you may think you can get away.

Then again, if the person didnt know what they'd hit, you are never gonna expect it to be a person on the motorway! and if you arent from the area you probably wont see it on the news to be fair.

[JimoVTR]

Pissed apparently...

[Shellz]

Sounds horrible! :(

[minxymears]

just cos the body is in the middle lane dont mean he was hit in the middle lane, 99% chance he probably wasnt in the middle lane, cos a body would get thrown quite a distance at 70mph

[Matty_Mills]

i heard about this (living in gloucester and all).
Feel well sorry for the bloke.
Every one does silly things when pissed... just some worse than others
R.I.P
x

[saxowebby]

worst thing is, i work on that road doing the traffic management, and get called out to stuff like this.

i was on holiday, bt one of the blokes who went out said the scene was horrible