The incident will be investigated “and any appropriate action taken”, the force added.
Chris Spinks, who led Norfolk’s roads policing team for five years, said officers would likely follow-up on first hand accounts and interview those involved.
The retired chief inspector added that there would be “no favouritism” shown towards the duke during the investigation.
Beg pardon Nellie… I have amended to “badly injured”… and, of course, PP had blood on him as well…
I was merely making the observation that, despite the obvious force of the Kia hitting the Land Rover… there were, somewhat surprisingly , no awful consequences…
Oh I think they will have had lots of attention and very good care
On the question of prosecution. A friend of mine had an accident that was her fault and although another vehicle was involved she was the only one injured and in fact had a brief stay in ICU the police turned to her husband and basically said that she should have been done for due care but they felt she had been punished enough and weren’t going to pursue it
Here in France the whole population is having to abide to an artificially low speed limit in the name of road safety. It seems odd to me that individuals who have been considered to have driven dangerously are shown compassion. I know it’s two different countries but it seems to be an odd state of affairs to me. Dangerous driving needs to be punished whoever the driver is.
IMO, the police will possibly have taken into consideration whether or not any prosecution was likely to win … (these things are never a certainty)… and it is also possible that they spoke harshly, as a warning … which I reckon will have been taken to heart by your friend…
Oh she was definitely in the wrong but any legal punishment would not have been that severe and the police thought that the nature of her injuries would more of a lesson to her
Driving without due care and attention is serious enough. It is considered to be more dangerous than driving when using a phone and the fact that it caused an accident compounds things.
@Stella “we have no confirmed reports to suggest who might have been to blame”
And I don’t expect any. The curtains will be closed discretely on this matter, and mouths will be stuffed with compensatory gold.
A vehicle moved out of a side road onto a main road, the former was controlled by a give-way or a stop sign. Any questions? Presumably HRH’s passenger had his nose in a book, or was browsing the net, as you do.
Peter… I find your post offensive. Your remarks are defamatory IMO … Please edit your Post.
There is a published description of the event, which sets things out: this is the gist…
Vehicle A exited a minor road to traverse the major road. Vehicle B, travelling along the major road, the vehicles collided causing Vehicle A to roll over and slide… whilst Vehicle B ended up in a hedge…
The police have made it quite clear that there will be no favouritism, they are investigating and reports will be made and any necessary action will be taken… in due course… etc etc…
(Looking at photos of the scene and the cars… PP’s vehicle appears to have been hit on the passenger side… but this is only my view…I have not read a report of the vehicle damage. )