Kajal Pabari's family call for hard shoulder at scene of A40 crash (From Hillingdon Times)

Kajal Pabari's family call for hard shoulder at scene of A40 crash

3:26pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

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THE family of a woman who died after a car crash are calling for a hard shoulder in the road where the incident happened.

Kajal Pabari, of Saunderton Road, Sudbury, was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital after a breakdown truck hit the back of her maroon Vauxhall Corsa on the A40, near Long Lane, in Hillingdon, at around 8.45am on Saturday, June 20.

Kajal, a law student at Brunel University, had broken down and was stopped in the westbound slow lane waiting for a different recovery vehicle to arrive.

She died on Sunday afternoon.

Priya Chotai, 24, Kajal's cousin, said: “It would be nice to have a hard shoulder on such a busy road, in case it prevents the same thing happening to someone else.”

Nabila Pathan, a spokesman for Transport for London (TfL), which is responsible for the road, said: “Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the young woman who tragically died on the A40 this Saturday.

“Improving road safety in the capital is our top priority and we regularly monitor our road network to see where safety can be improved.

“There are currently no plans to install a hard shoulder along this section of the A40 from the junction with Freezland Way to the onslip road from Long Lane as there is a very low collision history for this site. “Department for Transport guidelines do not require provision of hard shoulders on A roads.”

Both Kajal's family and the police are appealing for witnesses to the crash and anyone with information can contact the witness line on 0208 998 5319.

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