Caroline Beasley-Murray (Ed: yes, her again!), senior coroner recorded the pair died as a result of a road traffic crash.
An avoidable one? Oooh, yes, very much so:
Giving evidence Katherine Burke, from Essex Police’s forensic collision investigation unit, said the car was being driven on the wrong side of the road and hit a tree before landing on a driveway outside a home.
The inquest heard there were also three tyres on the vehicle which were below the legal limit for tread. One tyre was so worn, it was coming off the vehicle’s rim.
And the driver was drunk into the bargain.
The inquest heard Mr Batchelor was over the drink drive limit but no exact reading was given.
Maybe it was off the scale.
During the inquest, Mr Batchelor's family said: "He would never had got in the car if he wasn't fit.
"He hadn't had the car very long and hadn't check it all over."
Right, sure. It's easy to miss, I guess.
Ricky’s family paid their respects to a “kind-hearted and loving man”.
32-year-old Daniel Rowland from East London was the second man to die in the incident.
His wife, Kirsty, said her husband was “loved by everyone who met him”.
Not those who might have done so at speed on
their side of the road, love.
Losers and tossers, world is well shot of them. To all the moaners and hand-wringers, would they have been "wonferful" and "kind-hearted" if they'd just wiped out your kid?
ReplyDeleteIt seems that if you want to kill someone in UK the best weapon to use is a car. The most you will get is a slapped wrist and if your really lucky a community service order you need not bother to run up for.
ReplyDelete"Losers and tossers, world is well shot of them. "
ReplyDeleteThe Universe has a way of balancing out. I think the Buddhists have a word for it...
"It seems that if you want to kill someone in UK the best weapon to use is a car. "
Indeed!