Now that's what you call bad luck!

[Gob]

A PENZANCE man was killed in a crash on the A30 – on the same day he received the all-clear after a four year battle with cancer.



Jonno Miller, 68, was branded a "miracle" by his doctor after cheating death from a cancer he thought would claim his life.

But on Friday night, he was travelling back to Penzance with his wife, Angie Miller, when their green Ford Galaxy was in collision with an HGV lorry.

Mrs Miller, who was driving, escaped with minor injuries from the crash, which happened at around 5.50pm at Tolvaddon.

She was treated in hospital, and it was when she returned home, having lost her husband, that she opened a letter to say he had been given the all-clear.

The Millers moved from Northampton to Penzance three years ago when Mr Miller was battling liver cancer and said he did not want his children to see him die.

His wife paid a moving tribute to both him and the medical team who looked after him.

"Jonno became known at Treliske as Dr Dalton's miracle man," she said. "We came down here as Jonno did not want our children to watch him die.

"But our GP Dr Boulton wasn't happy and sent him to Dr Dalton's team at Treliske who gave me another four years of love and happiness for which I'm eternally grateful."

A former lorry driver, who also worked in a tool hire outlet in Northampton, Mr Miller loved Cornwall, claiming he was a "millionaire in his own right" after purchasing a property with spectacular views over Mount's Bay which he enjoyed from his living room window.

Sharing the Millers' house was fisherman Ciaran Cardell, who met Mr Miller when he first moved down to Cornwall and says they clicked straightaway.

"He was such a genuine, nice person – he would go out of his way to help anybody," Mr Cardell said.

"He was the nicest bloke I've ever met and I'm more proud than I can say to call him father – he called me son and I called him dad.

"He'll be dearly missed by too many people. Nobody had a bad word to say about him. He was an absolute gentleman."

Mr Cardell said that Mrs Miller only opened the letter giving her husband the all-clear after returning from hospital after the tragic accident.

"He had all sorts of health problems but he laughed his way through them," he added.

"We have always said that he gave the Grim Reaper a good run for his money but he was still taken too early."

Mr Miller made model hotrods, liked tackling Sudokus and crosswords, and watching classic TV detective series. He also loved wildlife and was a keen fan of boxing; his son was a successful semi-professional boxer.

Jonno leaves three children, two step-children and many others who called him father, behind.

Memorial services will be held in both Northampton and Penzance at dates to be announced.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to call 101, quoting log number 646 of October 24.

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[MajGenl.Meade]

So the A30 runs to Penzance via Samarra?

[rubato]

Maybe John Calvin and Charles the XII of Sweden were right!

If da LORD misses you wid his mightly lightening bolt he'll get you with da streetcar!

You number is up when he SAY it's up and not a damn thing you can do about it.

A-MEN brothers and sisters.


(If his eye is on the sparrow it sure enough saw the measly 6 bits you put in the collection plate. Just sayin'.)



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[oldr_n_wsr]

RIP Mr Jonno Miller. Sad turn of events.