Council fills in pothole days after Porsche driver, 74, was killed in horror ... trends now
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A council has filled a huge pothole just days after a 74-year-old Porsche driver was killed in a four-car collision on the same road as they 'swerved to avoid the crater in the tarmac'.
Sussex Police detectives believe the sports car crashed into a white BMW as it attempted to dodge the pothole before hitting two other vehicles and the porch of a roadside house in Petworth, West Sussex, on April 29.
The driver of the 911 997 GT2 Porsche, from Reigate, Surrey, was pronounced dead at the scene and a 65-year-old man from Midhurst, Sussex, who was driving the white BMW was taken to hospital after incurring 'serious injuries' and is now stable.
Now, new pictures show that the pothole on the A272, believed to be responsible for the crash, has been filled in with tarmac.
A 74-year-old man died in an incident on the A272 Horsham Road near Petworth in West Sussex on April 29 (Pictured: the wrecked Porsche GT2)
Sussex Police are investigating the possibility that the Porsche crashed after swerving to avoid hitting one of the many large potholes on the road (Pictured: the pothole before it was filled)
The large pothole in the previous picture was filled and repaired just days after the horror car crash
New pictures show the pothole on the A272, believed to be responsible for the crash, filled in with fresh tarmac
But reports sent to West Sussex Council on March 14 reveal they were warned about drivers on the same stretch of the A272 veering onto the opposite side of the road to avoid hitting potholes.
A concerned member of the public informed the council of a 1.6ft-wide pothole on the road going west, and another 1.3ft-wide crater in the other
