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[Del Boy]

That's bloody awful, can't imagine what the family must be going through at the minute 

My youngest son got run over last year, shows just how lucky he was really.

[Debs.]

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13839312

[blackviper90210]

It's all over our local radio station news here too..

What a bloody coward that driver is, if they find him/her they should let the parents dish out the justice and if there's anything left of them afterwards send them to prison then!! 

[Del Boy]

In the daily mirror mirror too, I think it's disgusting the way the driver hasn't owned up 

[fudgee]

If they do catch the coward that killed that little boy the court's will give him a shorter sentance then they would somebody who has been caught fiddling state benifits.

That's not the fault of the police.
Just thank the retarded british justice system 

Rest in peace little man....and have fun playing with the angels 

As for Dickheads walking out in front of cars,just like many of you it has happened to me upteen times.

I remember one warm summers night I popped up to Medway to see my mate.

It was a Saturday night so there was crumpet everywhere you looked all heading to the various bars/clubs in the towns.

Anyways we were driving along (in my first ever Mig)..and there was a group of pissed up chavs walking along the footpath on my left hand side in the distance.

One of the lads then walked out in the middle of the road,squatted down slightly with his arms held out to the side and just stood there with this huge big grin on his face.

It was obvious that he was trying to impress the two young slappers that were walking with them and thats what really pissed me off.
Giving it the Billy big Balls at my expense. 

Instead of slowing down I sped up and at the last second he jumped out of the way and I caught him with my wing mirror.

We drove back down the road about ten minutes later to see what the deal was and we spotted him gingerly walking up the road with the rest of the chavs.

He was bending down slightly as he walked and was cradeling his left arm with his one good arm 

If it was a child..woman...OAP etc etc....I would have slowed down.
But some spotty hoody in a white Adidas tracksuit showing off in front of a couple of slags....F**k him!!!

I have never seen him since and know nothing of him but I'll tell you something for sure..

That bloke has never deliberately walked out in front of a car since

To this day my mate still finds it funny how the chav's face literally dropped when he realised I wasn't stopping 

[Amigo]

just to be devils advocate - we have no idea of the circumstances surrounding this, obviously, tragic incident.

There *are* reasons why a driver could leave the scene of an accident - blind panic being just one.

I hope to gods I am never in this sitiuation, and would hope that I would stop and own up.
but until I have been in the situation I can't presume to judge someone else.

Course, if it *IS* a foreign/chav/uninsured/drunk/inexperienced/woman/  driver -

boil em slowly in their own juices.

Good point and well put, but anyone who ran in a 'blind panic' would have since had time to rationalise and take him/herself to the local police station to make a report.

Whilst we all attempt to find a good reason for someones actions (we are all human) this is not something which can be justified.

Indeed. I don't imagine any of us have run anyone over so we don't know for sure whether blind panic especially where a chid is involved may make us run, but as soon as you'd shot off somewhere quiet, sat in the car for a while & gathered your thoughts there's only one thing to.

  Drive slowly to the nearest nick & hand yourself in.

[STMO123]

It's amazing how something like this brings both the best and the worst in people. Snce Saturday I've heard people saying the kind of stuff you expect, like 'If I get my hands on the bast**d.........' etc. and the usual outpouring of genuine grief.

But one young housewife said to me today 'I know who it was, he hit someone with his wing mirror six weeks ago and drove off'. I went mental and told her that, if she knew who it was, she'd better tell the police, and quick. If she didn't, she'd better shut her stupid mouth. As if there's not enough to contend with without baseless tittle-tattle.

[albitz]

just to be devils advocate - we have no idea of the circumstances surrounding this, obviously, tragic incident.

There *are* reasons why a driver could leave the scene of an accident - blind panic being just one.

I hope to gods I am never in this sitiuation, and would hope that I would stop and own up.
but until I have been in the situation I can't presume to judge someone else.

Course, if it *IS* a foreign/chav/uninsured/drunk/inexperienced/woman/  driver -

boil em slowly in their own juices.

Good point and well put, but anyone who ran in a 'blind panic' would have since had time to rationalise and take him/herself to the local police station to make a report.

Whilst we all attempt to find a good reason for someones actions (we are all human) this is not something which can be justified.

Indeed. I don't imagine any of us have run anyone over so we don't know for sure whether blind panic especially where a chid is involved may make us run, but as soon as you'd shot off somewhere quiet, sat in the car for a while & gathered your thoughts there's only one thing to.

  Drive slowly to the nearest nick & hand yourself in.

I had an accident where I thought I had killed a young (early teens) girl just after I started driving. wasnt my fault - she came from my nearside from behind a hedge on a bike with no brakes.I didnt have time to do anything before I heard the horrible crack of her head on the A pillar of my old Avenger.
I knew her and her family well, which made things worse. I was far from an angel when I was a yoof, but the thought of driving off honestly never entered my mind.
I stopped.looked in my mirror ans she lay on the road looking lifeless. Her sisters were all screaming hysterically, and I sat in my car feeling an overwhelming urge to throw up. After what seemed like an eternity (a couple of minutes) she started moving - convulsing uncontrollably, which was frightening and sickening to watch. Eventually (10 minutes)) Ambulance and police arrived, and she went off to hospital, where it transpired she had a fractured skull.
Her older sister (my best mates wife) had seen what happened from the window of her house, and thankfully informed anyone who wanted to know that it was in no way my fault.
I have no sympathy/understanding or compassion whatsoever for the driver. Personally, I would gas the tinker.

[Ken T]

It's amazing how something like this brings both the best and the worst in people. Snce Saturday I've heard people saying the kind of stuff you expect, like 'If I get my hands on the bast**d.........' etc. and the usual outpouring of genuine grief.

But one young housewife said to me today 'I know who it was, he hit someone with his wing mirror six weeks ago and drove off'. I went mental and told her that, if she knew who it was, she'd better tell the police, and quick. If she didn't, she'd better shut her stupid mouth. As if there's not enough to contend with without baseless tittle-tattle.

Shame, if you were a bit more diplomatic instead of frightening her off, you might have got some details which you could have passed on to the Boys in Blue, thus helping them sort this mess out, and making sure the idiot doesn't do it again.

I think we all go thro a blind panic moment after any sort of accident, but its how we react after that counts.

I have had a few bumps, my error sometimes, but my first reaction was to make sure the person in the other car was OK. Perhaps its how you were brought up, what respect for others you have that counts. I don't think the modern society where people learn the "norm" from TV like Neighbours etc will teach the basic facts of life.

Ken

[STMO123]

It's amazing how something like this brings both the best and the worst in people. Snce Saturday I've heard people saying the kind of stuff you expect, like 'If I get my hands on the bast**d.........' etc. and the usual outpouring of genuine grief.

But one young housewife said to me today 'I know who it was, he hit someone with his wing mirror six weeks ago and drove off'. I went mental and told her that, if she knew who it was, she'd better tell the police, and quick. If she didn't, she'd better shut her stupid mouth. As if there's not enough to contend with without baseless tittle-tattle.

Shame, if you were a bit more diplomatic instead of frightening her off, you might have got some details which you could have passed on to the Boys in Blue, thus helping them sort this mess out, and making sure the idiot doesn't do it again.

I think we all go thro a blind panic moment after any sort of accident, but its how we react after that counts.

I have had a few bumps, my error sometimes, but my first reaction was to make sure the person in the other car was OK. Perhaps its how you were brought up, what respect for others you have that counts. I don't think the modern society where people learn the "norm" from TV like Neighbours etc will teach the basic facts of life.

Ken

She had no idea who it was, and to throw someone's name in the mix, just to grab attention for yourself.........

[aaronjb]

Owen Wightman hit-and-run: Police make arrest

[STMO123]

Owen Wightman hit-and-run: Police make arrest

Excellent.

[hercules]

good news

[aaronjb]

Yep, good news (as long as they have the right guy - innocent until proven guilty and all that, and it's not like we've seen news reports like that before only to be followed up by a quick "oops, wrong guy" report) - though still a tragic incident of course, even if the perpetrator is brought to justice.

[hercules]

i know where the person came from is irrelevent but it looks like hes from my town,i hope its nobody i know