[David9694]

Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes… 

I just don’t remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it’s irresponsible. 
 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-store-westbourne/

‘A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.

“It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment.” ‘ 

 

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[Hirsute]

Police gave her a citation

Police gave her a citation for “failing to stay in marked lanes,”

!!

[andystow]

FFS, swerving to avoid a

FFS, swerving to avoid a squirrel!

Hawkinspeter, anything to say about this?

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/car-crashes-into-hingham-house/2639777/

[OnYerBike]

Not local, not new, and doesn

Not local, not new, and doesn’t quite make it into the building, but thought this one deserves an honourable mention: https://twitter.com/WorldBollard/status/1415765405956812804 

[PRSboy]

hirsute wrote:

Not driven into a building but how on earth did it get as far as this ? No sign of an embankment in the photo.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57849890

 

Story updated now BBC news that the car, an LR Discovery was stolen, and escaped the police by driving up the tracks!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57849890

[Hirsute]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57849890

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Supposedly it joined from the

Supposedly it joined from the Station if the person at the station saw it go past. Satellite view shows what looks like the allotments almost a mile further down the track (including just past a bridge the photo above was probably taken from). 

[andystow]

From the former colonies:

From the former colonies:

https://13wham.com/news/local/five-children-hurt-after-car-crashes-into-city-home

[ktache]

Wow, accessed by level

Wow, accessed by level crossing maybe.

A big determination to get away there.

[PRSboy]

I can only imagine it was

I can only imagine it was driven down the tracks from an access further down and left, at best to cause disruption, or at worst an accident, which is even more worrying.

[Hirsute]

Not driven into a building

Not driven into a building but how on earth did it get as far as this ? No sign of an embankment in the photo.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57849890

[Hirsute]

Another driverless car. Did

Another driverless car. Did they go over the pavement first into the parking area?

[David9694]

just before 9 am, not your

just before 9 am, not your usual late night carousing 

Car crash causes extensive damage to Bournemouth hairdressers

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19442617.car-crash-causes-extensive-damage-bournemouth-hairdressers/

[AlsoSomniloquism]

At the risk of being

At the risk of being controversal, they were all “adults” from the pictures and either were drinking with him or should have been aware he was drunk and / or driving atrociously. Apparently they had been sending snap chat footage from within the car (used to identify where they had been in the car) just before the smash. I doubt the footage would have been them screaming at him to slow down. 

So whilst his driving was awful, and probably would have been unlawful if it was children in the car, I suspect that the coroner was also looking at them choosing to be in the car as well and probably cheering him on.

Although stating all that, on his actual legal comments, you do have to wonder what “truly exceptionally bad” driving is if the crash above is not counted in his mind. 

[David9694]

Also look here https://www

Also look here https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/coroners

“There is no definitive list of conclusions available to a Coroner. The following are those most commonly used:

• natural causes (including fatal medical conditions);
• accident or misadventure;
• industrial disease;
• dependence on drugs/non-dependent abuse of drugs;
• attempted/self-induced abortion;
• disasters subject to public inquiry;
• lawful killing (such as deaths caused during acts of war, or self-defence);
• unlawful killing;
• suicide;
• open verdict (where there is insufficient evidence for any other verdict).

The commencement of the provisions in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 have added some further possible conclusions to this list:

alcohol/drug related death, and
road traffic collision.

The conclusion of unlawful killing is restricted to the criminal offences of murder, manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), and infanticide. Cases where driving causes death may, therefore, only be regarded as unlawful killing for inquest purposes if they satisfy the ingredients for manslaughter (gross negligence manslaughter) or where a vehicle is used as a weapon of assault and deliberately driven at a person who dies (murder or manslaughter depending on the intent).” (my emphasis)

It strikes me that the test for manslaughter is met and that Unlawful Killing would therefore be the right coroner’s verdict. The article doesn’t say what the conclusion actually was – misadventure, I’m wondering? But none of this will bring any of them back. 

[Simon E]

A drunk driver near

A drunk driver near Shrewsbury crashed into a house at 1.50am on Monday morning. He also caused a power cut as he also took out an electricity pole. 49 homes were without power for up to 9 hours.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/bayston-hill/2021/07/12/power-cuts-after-car-crashes-into-building-near-shrewsbury/

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