Evening Post

LANCASHIRE Chorley

lep.co.uk +WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 42p

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SHAMBLES
PNE CLOSE
IN THE SNOW IN ON NEW
MANAGER

TERROR: The Nissan lies on its

side after the near-miss as, above,
Emilie Pease, 10, is pictured with Fergie in frame
for hot seat
mum Alison Sears outside their
house where the accidents
happened on Marlborough Drive,
Walton-le-Dale at North End

GIRL, 10,
Pictures: DONNA CLIFFORD

A 10-YEAR-OLD by Chris Visser

girl today told of her
miraculous escape
after a car skidded on
ice and flew over her
head, missing her by
inches.
chris.visser@lep.co.uk
snowballs. I felt very
scared.”
Emilie’s mum Alison, 37,
said: “The car came round the
corner, hit my wall in the drive
and took off. My heart was in

MISSES
Emilie Pease was playing
in the snow on her drive
when a Vauxhall Vectra
collided with a wall, flipped
into the air and landed
next to her.
It then pushed over a
neighbour’s Nissan Micra, on
Marlborough Drive, Walton-
le-Dale, leaving it perched on
its side inches from the front
my mouth when I saw the car
fly over my daughter’s head.
“My neighbour Sue was
screaming. It was just awful.”
On a day of chaos there
were:
● 12-mile tailbacks on the M6
and lanes closed on the M61,
M58 and M55 motorways
● 232 schools shut in
Lancashire

DEATH
window. A Toyota Yaris then
skidded into the Vauxhall.
Seven inches of snow fell
in Lancashire yesterday
wreaking havoc across the
entire region.
Emilie, a pupil at Lostock
Hall County Primary, said: “I
was playing outside and this
car came and flew over my
head and I was terrified.
● Thousands unable to get to
work
● Extra emergency
operations put on at Royal
Preston Hospital due to a rise
in injuries
● Bins left uncollected, grit
supplies running low and
shops hit as shoppers stayed
at home

BY INCHES
“I was playing with ● Turn to Page 4

AFTERMATH: The scene,

showing the Vectra (centre)

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