Boxer beats it to crash scene

Boxer beats it to crash scene

Apr 11 2003
By Mike Pflanz

South London Press

BOXING legend Lloyd Honeyghan phoned paramedics after he was first on the scene at a late-night car smash.

The former world welterweight title holder saw the sporty silver Vauxhall Corsa hatchback roll on to the driver's side and slam into a road sign in Kennington Road.

He pulled over and ran to help the two people in the car, who both managed to squeeze free without injury after their smash, at 11.30pm on Tuesday.

Eight police cars were on the scene near the Kennington Road junction with Kennington Park Road within minutes, and the Corsa's driver was treated in the back of an ambulance for an injured leg.

Both men were in the early 20s, according to eye witnesses.

Lloyd told the South London Press: "When I got there, the crash had just happened. I turned round and went back because it looked really, really bad.

"These two young chaps had climbed out of the car. One of them looked in the same condition as when I knocked out Gene Hatcher in 1987.

"He looked real bad and his eyes were half-closed."

Millicent Edmondson, 36, heard the crash from the front room of her flat in Sherwin House, Clayton Street.

The mum-of-one said: "There was just this really big bang and I looked outside and just saw this little car over on its side."

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