how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestrian |
Minicab driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestrian, court hears Dewsbury driver Mohammed Imitiaz reckoned youths had thrown a brick at his car A jury has heard how a private hire driver carried on with his shift and picked up another fare after fatally injuring a pedestrian. Dewsbury man Mohammed Imtiaz told investigating officers that he thought youths had thrown a brick at his Toyota Corolla when its windscreen was shattered in the early hours and even though he stopped he couldn’t see 28-year-old Vicky Holland lying seriously injured on Whitehall Road in Wyke. But prosecutor David Gordon suggested that Imtiaz’s decision to drive off was “indicative of a guilty conscience” on his part. Shortly after the collision Imitiaz picked up three more passengers and told them that his car had been damaged by a brick, but Mr Gordon said the witnesses described the defendant making “a quick and sharp manoeuvre” to avoid Whitehall Road when they saw the emergency services at the scene. Miss Holland, who lived in Scholes, died in hospital about 11 hours after the collision in May last year. Bradford Crown Court heard today (Tues) that Imtiaz, 45, of Healds Road, carried on working and only went to went to the police station after he got home and saw the extent of the damage to his vehicle. Imtiaz has denied causing Miss Holland’s death by careless driving, but Mr Gordon said the prosecution’s case was that the defendant was not paying proper care and attention to what was going on ahead of him otherwise he would have seen her crossing the road. Mr Gordon said the evidence of a collision investigator indicated that Miss Holland had been crossing from the driver’s offside that night and there was no evidence of the Imtiaz braking or swerving to avoid her. He told the jury that the issue for them to consider was whether his driving immediately prior to the collision fell below that of a “reasonable and competent driver.” The court heard that there were no witnesses to the collision or CCTV footage of it although a woman in a nearby pub had heard a loud thud while she was watching television. Mr Gordon said there was no evidence that Imtiaz had been speeding and the sightline to the scene of the collision was said to be more than 200 metres. Imtiaz went to the police about an hour-and-a-half after the collision and said he hadn’t been aware that he had collided with someone. The court heard that Miss Holland had been drinking alcohol, but there was no evidence to suggest she was walking quickly or running across the road. Mr Gordon showed the jury photographs of the damage caused to Imtiaz’s vehicle in the collision and he told them they would also see footage from a police reconstruction of the scene. The trial continues. source: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yor ... r-12111063 |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ?
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| Author: | ven2112 [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
TLDR again 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
edders23 wrote: how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ? Not sure, but you could take your Mrs outside and try a TDO exclusive experiment for us 
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
ven2112 wrote: TLDR again too long D read shouldn't it be TLTR and if you can read a book in your car I'm sure you can read a post on here
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
captain cab wrote: edders23 wrote: how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ? Not sure, but you could take your Mrs outside and try a TDO exclusive experiment for us nah Haven't got one them completely unencumbered 
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| Author: | grandad [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
edders23 wrote: how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ? Was it dark? How can you continue to work with a shattered windscreen? |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
edders23 wrote: how on earth can you not be able to tell the difference between a brick and a human being ? One of my colleagues was working many years ago, late on a Fri/Sat night, and he drove over what he thought was a brick or log. When he stopped he found out it was someone's head, which was attached to someone's body who was laying in the road to try and stop traffic. Possibly a dare. The fella died, but thankfully no action was taken against the driver. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
Taxi driver Mohammed Imtiaz cleared of causing death by careless driving Unanimous verdict as driver is found not guilty over death of Vicky Holland A cabbie walked free from court after a jury cleared him of causing the death of a pedestrian by careless driving. Mohammed Imtiaz, 45, was charged after 28-year-old Vicky Holland died from fatal injuries after she was hit by his Toyota Corolla as she was attempting to cross the A58 Whitehall Road, Wyke, in the early hours back in May last year. Although there were no eye witnesses to the collision or any CCTV footage the prosecution alleged that Imitiaz hadn’t been paying proper care and attention to what was going on ahead of him as he approached the traffic light junction. But Imtiaz, of Healds Road, Dewsbury, insisted that he had been paying attention and he did not see Miss Holland at all. He told the jury that he thought a stone had been thrown by youths causing his windscreen to partially shatter and it was only when he finished his shift and returned home that he discovered the extent of the damage to his vehicle. Bradford Crown Court heard that Imtiaz had been working as a cabbie for 15 years and had a clean licence. He said he had been doing about 40mph on the road and the traffic lights were green in his favour. When the trial began earlier this week prosecutor David Gordon told the jury that the prosecution relied on the evidence of a collision investigator and they could infer from the fact that there had been a collision with Miss Holland that Imtiaz wasn’t paying proper care and attention. But part way through the trial Imtiaz’s barrister Michael Rawlinson applied to get it stopped on the grounds that there was no case to answer. He submitted that the evidence was weak and inconsistent and amounted to inadmissible speculation. After hearing legal arguments in the absence of the jury Judge David Hatton QC decided the trial should continue and when he gave evidence Imtiaz maintained his account that he had not seen any pedestrian at all. The court heard that Imtiaz carried on driving his female passenger to Halifax after the incident and then picked up three men before making a return journey to Birstall and Gomersal. On the way back he came across the closed road and emergency services, but said he did not think he had been involved in an accident so he turned his vehicle round and used an alternative route. When he got home at about 4am he discovered that his vehicle had suffered damage to a headlight, a side panel and the ‘A’ pillar of the windscreen and decided to go to a police station. The jury took about two hours to return a unanimous not guilty verdict. source: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yor ... d-12129591 |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: driver carried on working after fatally injuring pedestr |
He told the jury that he thought a stone had been thrown by youths causing his windscreen to partially shatter and it was only when he finished his shift and returned home that he discovered the extent of the damage to his vehicle. really so he thinks it's normal to not get out and check the damage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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