Climate protesters They have been accused of having “blood on their hands” after a protest led to a major bridge jam in England.
“Eco-warriors might think it’s an innocent protest, but they have blood on their hands,” Mark Heap, 55, He informed about this to Daily Mail He suffered a broken back and leg on Monday when he stopped to help a stranded motorist and was hit by a speeding car trying to avoid a traffic jam caused by climate protesters that had overturned England’s Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.
Lisa Webber, a mother of four in her 50s, was also struck by a BMW and thrown into oncoming traffic as she tried to help a stranded motorist on London’s busy M20 motorway, where she later died.
The Daily Mail reported that a second woman in her 40s was hit and killed by a BMW.
Just Stop Oil protesters stormed the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge connecting Kent and Essex, causing traffic jams.
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Drivers used M20 motorway To prevent a traffic backup after several Just Stop Oil protesters stormed the bridge, causing traffic jams that took 40 minutes for emergency vehicles to attend to the crash victims.
“They may not have directly caused the M20 crash,” said former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville This was reported by The Sun. “But if it wasn’t for their irresponsible demonstration, the women and the van driver probably wouldn’t be there.”
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Climate protester Morgan Trowland, left; the scene of an accident that killed two people.
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“Had it not been for the protest, emergency services could have arrived in time to save the women,” Heap said.
Two climate activists climbed the north side of the bridge early Monday morning, a press release they said they demanded the government “suspend all new oil and gas licenses and consents”.
The pair were reportedly on the bridge for at least 24 hours, causing two-hour delays and 6 miles of traffic.
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The pair were reportedly on the bridge for at least 24 hours, causing two-hour delays and 6 miles of traffic.
Activist Morgan Trowland, 39, said: “As a professional civil engineer, when I renew my registration each year, I commit to act within our code of ethics, which requires me to protect human life, welfare and the environment.” “Our government has passed suicidal laws to accelerate oil production: killing lives and destroying our environment. I can’t protest this insanity at my desk job designing bridges, so I’m taking direct action by occupying the QE2 bridge until the government stops all new oil .”
Just Stop Oil did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Trowland and the protester was Marcus Decker it is reported that he was arrested after being taken off a bridge while picking cherries and charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.
