Investigation over motorway pile-up for Emmerdale

Emmerdale's epic car crash disaster may have wowed fans and smashed it in the ratings, but it turns out that not everyone was so impressed.

The ITV soap is now facing an official investigation over its devastating motorway pile-up after four viewers lodged complaints over the dramatic scenes. :wall::wall::wall::wall:

Emmerdale aired the spectacular storyline on Thursday, October 20, when almost 7 million viewers tuned in to see Emma Barton cause the pile-up by pushing her husband James from a road bridge.

After receiving those four complaints, the TV regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it's launching an investigation into whether the scenes were suitable for broadcast at 7pm.


An Ofcom spokesperson also told Digital Spy: "We're investigating whether scenes showing a multiple car accident were acceptable before the watershed."

An Ofcom investigation doesn't necessarily mean that a show has done anything wrong, so we'll just have to wait and see whether the scenes actually broke the rules or not.

Emmerdale's storyline aired as part of Super Soap Week on ITV, which culminated with James losing his life at the hospital.

Emma has so far managed to escape punishment for her crimes as nobody knows that she caused the crash, but there have already been a few near-misses for her along the way.

Earlier today, Ofcom cleared fellow ITV soap Coronation Street after complaints of "racist" dialogue from Eva Price in a recent episode.


Digital Spy


Some people really need to get a life!!!