Taxi Driver Online

Not much information here beyond what's in the thread title.

But it fits the most obvious scenario for this kind of thing. Young lad, late Saturday/early Sunday, close to the city centre. Looks like fairly fast stretch of road, too, so not difficult to imagine what happened.

Of course, big unanswered question is whether or not the driver will be charged


Teen dies in road after being hit by taxi

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... g-24574206

The 19-year-old was confirmed dead at the scene by Merseyside Police


Image: Liverpool Echo

A teenager has died after being hit by a taxi in the early hours of this morning.

Merseyside Police were called to Scotland Road at around 2.30am to reports of a collision involving a taxi and a pedestrian. The man, 19, was confirmed dead at the scene after emergency services rushed to the road in Vauxhall.

The taxi driver stopped and is helping police with their enquiries. Emergency services remain at the scene and road closures have been put in place.

A statement from Merseyside Police said; "We are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Vauxhall in the early hours of this morning, Sunday 24 July. At around 2.30am, emergency services were called to Scotland Road to reports of a collision involving a taxi and a pedestrian.

"Emergency services attended the scene and can sadly confirm the pedestrian, a 19-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. "The taxi driver stopped and is helping police with their enquiries.

"Road closures are in place while emergency services attend the incident. We ask that drivers avoid the area and find an alternative route. We thank you for your patience as we deal with this incident.

Detective Sergeant Kurt Timpson, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said “Our thoughts and condolences are with the family of a 19-year-old man who has sadly lost his life following a collision earlier this morning.

“We have now launched an investigation into his death and his family have been informed. They are being supported by our specially trained liaison officers.

“I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this incident or properties in the area that have CCTV to please contact us. Alternatively if you were driving in the vicinity I ask that you please check your dashcam footage that may have captured the incident and to also come forward.

“Every piece information is vitally important to our investigation to establish what happened.”

Anyone who witnessed the collision or captured anything on CCTV or dashcam is asked to contact SCIU on (0151) 777 5747, or email SCIU@merseyside.police.uk. Alternatively DM @MerPolCC or @CrimestoppersUK on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 22000531465.

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

For what it's worth, this is the locus here on Google, ironically showing a black HC

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4209159 ... 384!8i8192

(Wasn't going to bother looking for precise location, because it looks like quite a long road, but by coincidence went straight to the exact locus on Streetview.)

Defo looks like the kind a road where you don't drive slowly, and the kind of road folks will walk out when rat-faced.

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wide enough footpath so looks like another tragic accident someone had too much and can't walk straight

at least the driver stopped and phoned emergency services to get help quickly

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It’s a known accident black spot, the next turning is for the Wallasey tunnel. There are speed cameras on both sides of the road. I suppose if the driver was local he may have known where the cameras where and speeded up again.

At least two more pieces on the Echo's website, and it's the usual formulaic kind of stuff after tragedies like this. Which is all very well, but there's an implied element of gaslighting and demonising the driver in all of this, whereas he might have done absolutely nothing wrong. But whether that sort of stuff influences police and prosecutors is another matter


Liverpool 'heartbroken' after teenager dies in taxi crash

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... s-24575863

The 19-year-old was hit by a taxi in the early hours of this morning


'Incredible lad' killed in taxi crash named locally by devastated friends

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... h-24578134

The 19-year-old was described as an "incredible lad"

There's a brief and more matter-of-fact article on the BBC's website, which predictably doesn't include the more emotive stuff in the Echo's pieces:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... e-62284212


Also interesting is the Google screengrab used by the BBC:



Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it would have been easy enough for them to use a grab with the black HC in it, but whether they've left it out for reasons of objectivity or similar, who knows? Of course, that's maybe not the reason the HC isn't in the image, or they may not have noticed the HC at all.

But pretty sure this is the view used for the screengrab, although it's either zoomed in a bit, or been cropped. But the Google car is obviously in the same position as in the BBC's grab, and the HC can be seen if you swing the view round slightly (second link):

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.421188, ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.421188, ... 384!8i8192

But it's a second or two earlier than the Streetview link I included yesterday, which is why you don't get a direct view of the HC.

But, of course, fair chance it was a PHV anyway rather than a 'taxi' in the technical sense

I'm not sure it does.

Clearly making a kerfuffle will ensure that this is investigated properly, but that will already be the case due to the fatality.

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