A motorist whose car struck an 83-year-old Merseyside cyclist who has since died from his injuries is said to have got out of his car at the scene of the collision before driving off.
Merseyside Police confirmed today that the victim, who sustained serious head injuries in the incident on Belvedere Road in Newton-le-Willows at 1.55pm last Tuesday 6 February, had passed away in hospital.
Police have repeated their original appeal, in which they said that “The male driver of the car was reported to have got out of the vehicle before getting back in and driving away from the scene.”
A 50-year-old man, who like the victim comes from Newton-le-Willows, was arrested on suspicion of driving without due care and attention on the day of the collision.
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police confirmed to road.cc this afternoon that the investigation is continuing.
The vehicle involved was a blue Vauxhall Corsa and police have requested anyone with information to call Merseyside Police’s Roads Policing Unit on 0151 777 5747 or the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
7 thoughts on “Motorist in fatal hit-and-run “got out of car” before driving off”
I trust the “driving without
I trust the “driving without due care and attention” is purely a holding charge. Even without details of the incident the driver’s actions appear criminal. One wonders what a breathalyser at the scene might have disclosed.
The victim had survived through nine decades, a World War, played their part in their community and who knows what else? Just to meet their end on Belvedere Road in circumstances which will possibly never be established.
I just feel sick.
The motorist probably got out
The motorist probably got out to check there was no damage to the car…
So then, SuperPython59, plese
So then, SuperPython59, plese tell me how the Police are useless in this case because i would love to know where you get your pathetic ideas from. The driver was arrested and is currently on bail whilst enquiries are conducted, what more do you want ?
In your little bubble world you might not know this but the Police can only arrest someone for an offence that fits the circumstances.
stumps wrote:
Stumps, you know that time and time again the system fails. Whether it is the police screwing up the evidence, not bothering to put in the effort, the CPS walking away or pressing for derisory charges, the courts handing down meaningless sentences. There may be odd people along the way who care, but the system as a whole doesn’t.
If you want to kill someone, use a car, no one will give a f***.
stumps wrote:
And will probably end up charged with careless driving, with the implication that pretty much anyone could do this, it’s just the sort of thing that happens. That seems to me the most upsetting aspect of all this – the implication that ‘well, we all make mistakes, shit happens occassionally’. Which is, of course, true, but in other settings we try much harder to avoid the consequences of that shit.
For example, we are (at least in Scotland) blessed with a police service and government that are astonishingly paranoid about knives. Apart from suffering a specific religious delusion it is hard to find any universally acceptable reason to carry one, however useful a tool it might be. Now this may be sensible as a way to avoid injuries, whether deliberate or accidental, but contrast it with the casual approach taken to car usage. It would be nice to see the same levels of care and restraint applied to driving.
Wow never seen anyone called
Wow never seen anyone called up on being a ‘bad troll’ before!
Truth is the the laws,
Truth is the the laws, penalties, policing and the operation of the courts do not effectively protect vulnerable road users. Not surprisingly in cases like this and for example close passes, all cyclist get angry. We do need better infrastructure but in parallel we need to produce a justice system which ensures that drivers who make a mistake which results in a serious injury to a vulnerable road user will be taken off the road – no excuses. The trouble is whilst we are all squabbling about cases like this we are not applying consistent pressure on politicans to fix the problem.