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The wording used on signs may have to be rethought after the sad events on an Oxfordshire hospital estate yesterday. Police are performing a thorough examination of the scene and are expected to write an extensive report later this month.

Eyewitnesses suggest that the young man, conditioned by years of doing what he's told, spent a great deal of time reading the sign in the parking space before climbing into his car. He then proceeded to crash into a number of other vehicles until he finally came to a halt in a pile of smoke and twisted metal.

"This is a tragic situation" said a senior NHS trust manager. "We will of course be looking in detail at the Accident and Emergency Carpark signs to see if they have contributed to this sad incident."