[Derek]

Originally Posted by weenie

I found this story very sad and shocking, why did the police fail to respond to the road crash when it was reported I just don't understand that.

The Police can't (and don't) respond to every call made. Either the initial call made it seem the crash was minor, the call handler graded the call wrong or the cop assigned to the call ignored it.

The Police have been pretty vague with the details so far so I'd imagine the call should have been assigned and dealt with at the time.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Policing is devolved to Scotland. Can't blame the cuts in England and Wales for this one.

You can blame the crappy implementation of a national force though.

Originally Posted by nomadking

A car can be "off the road" for all sorts of reasons, many of them with no problem. Unless the caller indicated something, why should the police investigate? Is it such an isolated road that nobody else passed by in that time?

It's a major road but from what I understand the car was not visible from the roadway.

Originally Posted by Pierre

Well some one needs to lose their job over this one!

If the fault is with a cop or civilian member of Police staff they are gone without question. If the initial call was vague enough not to justify a response then it's a bit more suspect.

I quite like my job so won't be going looking at the call logs so I'll be waiting like everyone else for the enquiry to finish but it's a tragic situation.