Crash kills driver, 25.POLICE have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving In English criminal law, the offence of causing death by dangerous driving is currently defined by the Road Traffic Act 1991 but, following Adomako (1995) 1 AC 171, the offence of motor manslaughter may now be the preferred charge. following an accident in which a young Midland man was killed. The 25-year-old victim, from Chelmsley Wood Chelmsley Wood is a neighbourhood and large housing estate in the North of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands area, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located near Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. , was pronounced dead at the scene after the green Fiat Bravo he was in collided with a white Mercedes van, in Windward Way, in Chelmsley Wood. The driver of the Mercedes van, a 38-year-old man from Small Heath, sustained whiplash whiplash n. a common neck and/or back injury suffered in automobile accidents (particularly from being hit from the rear) in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently by the impact. injuries and leg and head injuries and was taken to Heartlands Hospital. The arrested man, also from Chelmsley Wood, was driving a Renault Megane in the same direction as the Fiat, before the accident on Friday. Crew commander Steve Franklin, of Sheldon fire station, said the Bravo had collided with a lorry coming the other way. * Meanwhile an 11 year-old boy was in hospital with head injuries last night after being knocked down by a car outside a Black Country school. Police are appealing for witnesses after the youngster was hit on Hydes Road near Wodensborough Community Technology College, Wednesbury.. |
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