2 car crash victims ‘ignored’ by UK police die
Two passengers of a crashed vehicle in Britain have died due to police ‘negligence.’
Both passengers of the car that crashed off the M9 road near Stirling in the north of the country died after being left there for three days before police found them.
John Yuill, 28, and Lamara Bell died on Sunday, after being critically injured in the crash.
While police officers only discovered the bodies on Wednesday, it has now emerged that police had received a call about the incident last Sunday, but did not enter the information into their systems or send a team to the scene.
The police have apologized to the family of the two victims for the “individual failure” in the force. Chief Constable Stephen House has said “that we failed both families involved...” A police review is now underway.
The families of the victims say they are angry over the way the police handled the case.
The couple had been reported missing to police and it has been revealed that a member of the public had called them at about 11.30 p.m. local time last Sunday after seeing a car crashed down an embankment. The call is said to have been taken by an experienced officer. It is not yet clear why the officer did not enter the details into the police system or send out a team to the area. The officer is still on duty.
Local residents say if police had arrived earlier, they might have been able to save the lives of the couple, and are calling for a wider inquiry into the police negligence.
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