Couple die after spending three days in wrecked car

Six years after the bizarre death of 25-year-old Lamara Bell and her pair John Yuill, 28, the Justice found a responsible: the Police of Scotland. The Edinburgh court ruled that the young Briton, who died in a road accident in July 2015, had suffered the consequences of serious logistical failures on the part of the national authorities.

Apparently, the couple’s car drifted off a freeway and fell onto an invisible embankment near a crossroads. There, on July 5, 2015, there were calls to local police to alert the accident, but authorities were unable to respond and were unable to send a team of relief. Thus, between calls and complaints, it took them three days to get to the scene of the accident. On July 8, the 25-year-old was rescued from the still-alive vehicle, after spending 72 hours inside the wrecked car. But she died while being treated at the local hospital. Her partner died in shock.

The police team have now admitted during a trial that they did not record the alert call and that, as a result, the two citizens remained “unaided” for three days inside the building. vehicle with which they had an accident. “It took a long time to get this conviction, but it is a great relief that the Scottish police have finally found guilty of Lamara’s death,” said Diane Bell, the mother of the deceased, after the audience. She and the family of the young Briton were moved.

On July 5, 2015, Lamara Bell and John Yuill were in a terrible car accident after deviating from their route and colliding with a ravine on a highway near Stirling, a town in central Scotland. According to the medical report, Yuill died immediately from the severe impact. Bell, meanwhile, managed to call the national emergency line to report his accident and ask for help. However, as he was able to verify justice, no one granted his request.

Today, six years after the families of the victims filed a lawsuit for alleged negligence by authorities, Edinburgh court ruled that police were responsible for what had happened. Regarding Lamara Bell’s death, the court ruled that the lack of police attention “materially contributed” to her death.

Edinburgh court held police forces responsible for what happened. And for this, the state entity was fined 100,000 pounds sterling (approximately $ 138,000).

Although justice has now ruled on the couple’s death, Sir Stephen House, Scotland’s National Police chief at the time, resigned his post at the end of 2015 after the scandal resulting from the case.