It was “astonishing” thatPrince Philipwalked away from acar crash near his country estate in Norfolkon Thursday with no major injury, according to eyewitnesses.
“It was an astonishing escape for everyone,” Roy Warne, a retired lawyer, told reporters outside his home in Norfolk on Friday, adding that it appeared as if there “had been extraordinarily severe injuries. But fortunately the injuries were very light. People could have been killed the impact must have been enormous.”
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Warne was one of the first at the scene and said that he helped Philip from his car. He toldBBC Radio Four‘s,Todayprogram, “I asked him to move his left leg and that freed his right leg and I helped him to get out.”
Warne added, “He was obviously shaken and then he went and asked if everyone else [in the other car] was alright.”
Philip was able to stand. “There was a little bit of blood and one of the royal entourage gave me a wipe to wipe my hands,” Warne said.
The others “were very shaken and one of them was the mother of the child and was very upset.”
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“He’s fine,” a source told PEOPLE on Thursday.
The passengers from the other car were treated at theQueen ElizabethHospital in King’s Lynn and were discharged Thursday night, the police said in a statement.
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They added, “As is standard procedure with injury collisions, the incident will be investigated and any appropriate action taken. We are aware of the public interest in this case, however, as with any other investigation it would be inappropriate to speculate on the causes of the collision until an investigation is carried out.”
Concerns have raised before about the stretch of road near Sandringham where the incident took place. On Friday, Norfolk county council, which had already been scheduled to meet to discuss safety measures, approved plans for the speed limit to be lowered from 60mph to 50mph. An average speed monitoring system will also be installed, reports theBBC.
Philip’s sonPrince Charles, 70, who was thought to be at Scottish home Birkhall when the accident occurred and is being kept informed, showed concern about his father still driving about five years ago. Charles told a war veteran at the time who had mentioned that his father who is in a wheelchair still drove, “So does my father. I’m always worried.”
source: people.com
