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Festival Causes Family To Miss Funeral

Listen to: Heather Abraham who missed her gran's funeral
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Festival Causes Family To Miss Funeral
By Fri, 22 June 2012 4:16PM

A woman from Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight says she's devastated after missing her gran’s funeral because they got stuck in festival traffic.

Heather Abraham left an hour and a half to do what would normally be a 15 to 20 minute journey but it still wasn't enough

She was trying to get from Newport to the Crematorium just off the racecourse roundabout.

She's told Isle of Wight Radio around 40 people were due to be at the funeral but didn't make it.

Listen to Heather's story by clicking above

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