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Girl hit and killed by police car

A 16-year-old girl is hit and killed by a police officer driving a marked car in the West End of Newcastle.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7409714.stm

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This is tragic. Being late at night sometimes it is hard to see someone on the road. I do not know what she was wearing but if she had on dark clothes it would even be harder to see her. My heart felt feelings go out to her family.

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Accidents happen, even to policemen. As Kntoran said, if she was wearing dark clothes he may not have seen her. Other articles stated that the officer WAS responding to a call, so he was in a bit of a hurry. What really bothers me about this incident is the reports of violence against the police. What is wrong with people? It's not like the officer aimed for the girl. The authorities have done what is necessary, they "suspended" the officer and their Internal Affairs is investigating the incident. The scene may have been compromised by the residents who began throwing BRICKS. That's insane. The stupidity of large groups of angry people never fails to amaze me.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7410441.stm

Edited: ArrwynCliona on 21st May, 2008 - 6:57am

Killed Hit Girl

My son has a t-shirt that reads "never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" This incident reminds me of that shirt. People are reacting to a death and before anyone can find out what happened and why it happened the people in the area turned judge and jury. They convicted the police of murder and were seeking revenge. I bet none of them had a clue of what actually happened