Car ends up in couple's front garden — for the ninth time
A HENDY couple are experiencing a nightmare version of Groundhog Day after a car smashed into their front garden for the ninth time in eight years.
Pensioners Joyce and Keith Walker were horrified to wake up to see their Heol y Parc garden wall had been demolished and a silver Renault Clio was embedded in their lawn.
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Councillor Steve Lloyd-Janes with the latest car to crash at Heol y Parc.
The accident yesterday morning is the 23rd to take place along the B4306 Hendy to Llannon road over the past 10 years.
Mrs Walker, aged 68, said: "We are very shaken up. I just got up and let the dog out when I heard a bang, and there was the car through the wall.
"We have been here for eight years and this is the ninth time this has happened.
"It is very upsetting, our hearts are racing and we feel upset.
"We are proud of our bungalow but this keeps on happening."
Mrs Walker said the main issue is the speed of cars using the road.
"They come down fast on the road and lose it on the bend and end up in the wall," she said.
"All of the accidents, apart from one, since we have been here have taken place between 6am and 9am.
"There was one near miss 18 months ago and there was an another accident the year before that.
"We would like to have a speed camera."
Dyfed-Powys Police, who arrived at the scene at 7.55am, said no-one had been injured or charged with any offences relating to the incident.
The Walkers' next door neighbour Heather Hopkins, who has lived in the road for 45 years, said her husband has logged all the accidents.
The 75-year-old said: "In the past 10 years all this has been happening on a regular basis, with 23 accidents."
Calls for road safety measures along the stretch have now been stepped up.
Hendy councillor Steve Lloyd-Janes, said he had hoped the speed calming measures would be finished by now.
"I am really disappointed that the road safety measures are taking such a long time. There are three houses affected and this is the 15th wall that has been knocked down," he said.
Llanelli MP Nia Griffith said: "I am calling on the county council to pull out all the stops to complete the traffic calming measures here as soon as possible.
"If the work had been done by now, then perhaps this accident would have been avoided."
Carmarthenshire Council traffic management and parking services manager John McEvoy said: "I have not had a report from the police yet on the circumstances of the accident.
"The roadworks are ongoing to implement the traffic calming scheme at Heol y Parc. We would ask the contractor to expedite the works as quickly as possible."
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by Bob, Kidwelly
Friday, March 12 2010, 10:17AM
“It amazes me that Stig (What is a Stig? The only Stig I know is from the children classic Stig of the Dump ¿ oh makes sense now ¿ a dump where rubbish is left!) accuses me of spouting rubbish when everything he has said has proved to be wrong and everything I had said on this matter has proved to be correct!
If you know it and the rest of the world knows it then you and the rest of the world is wrong!
Now rather than take up too much space on this board with the explanation of why you and the rest of the world is wrong I shall leave it on my blog site. If you put bigboysrules.blogspot.com into your address bar it should take you to it.
As I predicted right at the start we would get plenty of people coming on here saying I am wrong when I say ¿Speed doesn¿t kill ¿ never has never will¿, and yet not one of them has had the strength of their own convictions to accept my challenge. As I also predicted the £100 is still in my pocket and it always will be. Perhaps Stig would like to earn £100 for his favourite charity ¿ but he won¿t. He will just run away and carry on calling people childish names. I don¿t see why he is so afraid though, I mean if everyone in the world knows I am wrong it should be easy money.
What¿s happened to Heather? We haven¿t heard from her since she said I ought to increase the wager to £1000. I accepted and of course she made off as fast as her broomstick could carry her.”
by Stig, Swansea
Thursday, March 11 2010, 8:38PM
“Blob is spouting hi normal inane rubbish. Did you know he has got a masters, he hasnt mentioned that in here yet! Why dont you answer the question blob, or are you too busy in the scooby doo mystery machine! running it on Bio Fuel of course lol!
Come on Blob, speed kills, i know it and the rest of the world know it, but the Taxi Driver with a MA from Kidwellyboot knows different!”
by Bob, Kidwelly
Thursday, March 11 2010, 3:51PM
“Bob Swansea is going to have to be a bit more forthcoming. Who do you want to answer what question? If you are referring to me then I think I have answered it when I said "Speed doesn't kill - never has never will"
I think that's pretty clear.”
by Bob, Swansea
Thursday, March 11 2010, 3:17PM
“Just answer the question!”
by Bob, Kidwelly
Thursday, March 11 2010, 11:35AM
“No Stan I have written a couple of books and countless articles but can¿t claim to have written War & Peace (can¿t even claim to have read it).
I can assure you I am not an ¿angry individual¿, I just get a bit frustrated when ignorant people like you and Heather come on these boards telling everyone they are wrong and only they are right and then when asked to put up or shut up do neither.
Why do you find being asked to justify your viewpoint as being a ¿stupid little game¿? Or is it that no-one is allowed to disagree with the great Stan? Hail Stan ¿ he who is never wrong!
If you think you are right then take the challenge ¿ anything else is just Balderdash, Bluff and Bluster.”