FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2019 file photo, Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry Dunn, who died after his motorbike was involved in an August 2019 accident in Britain with Anne Sacoolas, wife of an American diplomat, speaks at a news conference joined by family members in New York. A British police chief on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 is requesting an urgent meeting to discuss road safety with the U.S.
Harry Dunn was killed when he was hit by a car driven by a woman whose husband was an intelligence officer at RAF Croughton, a military base in central England used by U.S. forces. The woman is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road when the head-on collision occurred. Adderley said he also heard Friday about an October crash in the same area involving another wrong-way driver whose vehicle struck a police car. No one was injured in that collision.
Police have not indicated if the cars in the other incidents had any connections to the Air Force base. Britain's Press Association reported that the car involved in close call appeared to have a registration number indicating it possibly was a U.S. government vehicle.
Anyone not driving on the 'Britain' side of the road in Britain should not be driving.
Don't let them drive til they take UK driving test.
She’s crazy! If you used to drive in US, you can’t just drive in UK period!
Sad
She should be charged, if the evidence proves she was driving the wrong way/criminally negligent. If it happened in America & a British diplomat’s spouse was the driver, we’d want justice. That deceased boy & his family deserve justice, too. (Diplomatic immunity can go too far.)
As a person that has driven in the UK, Ireland and NZ, if you cannot remember to drive on the right side after the first few days, you should not be driving at all. Its really not that hard.
The key here is not that there was an accident - they happen. It's that little part of 'hit and run' after a fatal crash. Not cool. Send her back realDonaldTrump, she's not an intelligence asset.
These people (Sacoolas et al) who are either too dumb, too drunk, or too busy on their phones should be prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter. Forget about diplomatic immunity when they kill someone.
If a Brit comes to America and kills someone because of driving on the wrong side of the road I am sure everyone will say, 'That's all right, Guv'nor. You are free to go.'
Blame the traffic pattern, not the driver.
Start driving on the correct side of the road Britain!