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Mad Moggie
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 00:08 
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Man hit by van during pursuit
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Bolton News wrote:
A 70-year-old man was seriously injured when he was hit by a van involved in a police pursuit.

The man was on a crossing in Chester Road, Stretford, when the crash happened.

He was taken to Trafford General Hospital to be treated for serious injuries, but they are not believed to be life-threatening.


Two men have been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and driving dangerously, following the incident on Saturday afternoon.


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and another drunk kid :roll:

Bolton News wrote:

Police car crash: Teenager is charged
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A TEENAGER has been charged with dangerous driving following a collision involving a Vauxhall Corsa, a police car and a bus.

The incident happened at about 10.30pm on Sunday when the Corsa collided with a police car and then a 582 single-decker bus in St Helens Road, at the junction with Morelands View, Daubhill.

The bus driver, a police officer and the 17-year-old Corsa driver suffered minor injuries.


A 17-year-old boy, from Bolton, who was allegedly behind the wheel of the Corsa at the time of the accident, was arrested and has been charged with dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving with no insurance.

A police spokesman said that in line with procedure the police officer involved in the crash had been temporarily suspended from driving duties.

He said: "This matter has now been referred to Greater Manchester Police internal affairs department and an investigation is under way."



:roll: :banghead: The guy was only doing his job here. I wonder what would happen if I got suspended each time someone rather unfortunately dies on me - as they do sometimes. :cry:


But still - I suppose a speed camera would prevent all this danger from our police officers out there :roll:

The headlines seem to suggest "speed was the cause.. police are the cause" too. The blame clearly lies with the drunken idiots who are not even licenced to drive anything anyway. :roll:

If on a bicycle - I dare say these types also give cyclists a bad name :banghead:

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Van chase victim dies

11/10/2007

A PENSIONER has died four days after he was hit by a van being pursued by police.

The 70-year-old man was crossing Chester Road in Stretford when he was hit. His injuries were initially not believed to be life-threatening, but his condition deteriorated.

Police say the Ford Transit was being driven on the wrong side of the road and a marked police vehicle began following it.

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and on suspicion of dangerous driving. A 22-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. Both men have been bailed.


This report reads just a bit better than the Bolton version. The headline still gives the wrong impression though. But surely the police officers know which of the two men was actually driving? Or was one "learning" and the other "supervising" :roll: :?

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The Police should stay out of it. We all know that the speed cameras and mobile cameras would stop speeding, reduce accidents and catch people like this, don't we?. :scratchchin:
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Just for your info the van turned out of a side street onto Chester Road and overtook stationary traffic on the wong side of the road.

Police officers who were sat in the line of traffic some distance back saw the manoeuvre that thhe van made and decided to follow to speak to the driver and as they saw the van disappear the police saw the old man lay on thhe crossing.

The two occupants did not know that the police were following them until after they had hit the old chap. But it still gets classed as a police involvement collision.
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Don't you just love the press. :popcorn: Both of these papers carried similar lurid headlines. Neither reported that accurately - but I think perhaps the MEN version was perhaps the lesser in awful reporting. :roll:

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