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Thieves take bus for joyride

9:12am Tuesday 11th March 2008

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A BUS was stolen and left in a quiet residential street in High Wycombe.

The Arriva bus was left in Kendalls Close, off Hatter's Lane overnight with a gouge taken out of its side.

It had been taken from the company's High Wycombe depot and keys were still in it when it was found.

A car was damaged by the bus before the thieves fled.

It belonged to Norman Hickman, 52, of Hatter's Lane.

Mr Hickman, who is disabled, noticed the parked Arriva bus in Kendalls Close, near his damaged car.

He said: "It's heartbreaking. We came out this morning to take my son and his friend to school. My son said look dad there's a bus over there.'

"I saw my car first. It's going to cost me. I've got an excess on it because it's a mobility car. But you've got to get on with life. It's very frustrating."

Brian Drury, commercial director for Arriva, said: "A single decker vehicle was stolen this morning. It has since been recovered and forensics are looking at it to try and find finger prints and other evidence to find out who stole it."

He believed it was taken at around 6am this morning.

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influxuk, terriers says...
10:31am Tue 11 Mar 08

where was it stolen from? so how far did they get without being caught in it form where it was stolen from?

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slacker, Flackwell says...
10:36am Tue 11 Mar 08

I don't drive so do not know much about car insurance, but can't Mr Hickman make the claim through Arriva's vehicle insurance? After all that is what insurance is for isn't it?

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Ash, High Wycombe says...
10:45am Tue 11 Mar 08

killd it man.....

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ajb100, Wycombe says...
10:48am Tue 11 Mar 08

slacker wrote:
I don't drive so do not know much about car insurance, but can't Mr Hickman make the claim through Arriva's vehicle insurance? After all that is what insurance is for isn't it?
unfortunately probably not, not clued up on commercial policies but if you r hit by a stolen car, normaly you have to claim on your own insurance.

if it did that to the bus, id hate to see the state of the car.

by the sounds of it, arriva hadnt realised the bus had been taken?

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dooza, high wycombe says...
12:58pm Tue 11 Mar 08

It sounds like he has a large excess, so the cost of getting the car repaired may be cheaper than his excess, making it not worth claiming.

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Tharus Bond, Wycombe says...
1:37pm Tue 11 Mar 08

if they find the joyriders they could be made to pay for damages

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Read All About It, HW says...
1:43pm Tue 11 Mar 08

Motor Insurance Bureau - I got hit by a joy rider in a stolen motor and they sorted it all right out for me - Including conpensation

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Lividov, Marlow says...
3:13pm Tue 11 Mar 08

I want to hear what Doug Anson thinks of this. Juvenile delinquents again Doug?

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DaveG, Wycombe says...
4:35pm Tue 11 Mar 08

I wonder if the joyriders stopped to take on any passengers!? Having seen the driving 'skills' of many of the Arriva drivers, most people wouldn't notice the difference.

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Feist the Heist, High Wycombe says...
7:16pm Tue 11 Mar 08

by the sounds of it, arriva hadnt realised the bus had been taken?


Of course they hadn't realised. When are the busses EVER where they are supposed to be at any given time?

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George - Wycombe, says...
10:10pm Tue 11 Mar 08

The keys were still in the bus when found, surely Arriva are responsible, if the bus had been secured it wouldn't have been driven.
Arriva should replace the car as a matter of urgency, recouping their losses from the offenders if caught.

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ginger, says...
7:45am Wed 12 Mar 08

back in my hayday i stole a motor veichicle and had the keys the insurance company will not pay out as the offender had the kays.....So it will unfortunatly be down to his own insurance company or IF arriva pay out of good will but i doubt it tight cun|s

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Wycombe Techie, High Wycombe says...
8:09am Wed 12 Mar 08

keys were still in it when it was found.


But if i am not mistaken busses dont have keys, they have a turn switch wich starts the bus.

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dixons warriors, high wycombe says...
3:37pm Wed 12 Mar 08

Read All About It wrote:
Motor Insurance Bureau - I got hit by a joy rider in a stolen motor and they sorted it all right out for me - Including conpensation
But you forgot to say that there is an excess of £200 to pay. I am the person who was hit by the bus. If forensics & finger prints are to be carried out, then surely the person who drove the bus away should have worn GLOVES, yET ANOTHER FOUL UP FROM THAMES VALLEY POLICE...

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lilkaos, High Wycombe says...
10:40am Thu 13 Mar 08

Probably took the bus from cressex, where the buses go to 'Sleep' :P

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Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:05am Sat 15 Mar 08

lilkaos wrote:
Probably took the bus from cressex, where the buses go to 'Sleep' :P
What not time for another fire at the school then?
I wonder if they collected fares to feed their drug habits as they went along?

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The bus was left in Kendall Close The bus was damaged during the theft

The bus was left in Kendall Close

The bus was damaged during the theft



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