I'm trying to process this very sad chain of events and thinking what might have been the outcome if the roles were reversed. Say the pedestrian jumped out of the way of a cyclist, off the path, into the road and was then hit by a car?
My understanding is that the appeal judges considered that...
As a general comment I would add, to all the "CCTV is an invasion of my privacy", "shouldn't be filming in public" etc. dissenters.
This is the perfect example of exactly why CCTV has its place in our modern society. Were it not for CCTV, I could imagine the car driver being a possible suspect...
I have to confess, I've not seen the results of the post-mortem so I do not know the actual cause of death.
What I do know is that wearing a helmet can help make some head injuries survivable.
I'm not saying she died of head injuries, nor that wearing a helmet in this collision would have saved...
First & foremost, a very sad, tragic and avoidable death.
Can't see clearly from the clip but was the cyclist wearing a helmet?
If yes, fair-doos but if not, might this have potentially made a difference to her outcome?
Thoughts also with the totally innocent car driver too ....
I worked with...