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"The police are investigating whether the Sierra was racing a motorbike when the accident happened on Saturday. A 17-year-old motorcyclist has been arrested"
He was probably arrested, not charged and released on his own cognizance. given the fatality, any involved person would have been arrested till the facts become clear. The problem here isnt the police or necessarily the rider, it is the way the media tell their stories to get new coverage.
We don't know any facts here other than people have died. We don't know if it was a race or anything, so I am surprised given the seriousness of the incident why were all so vitriolic that they have arrested (but not necessarily charged) the bike rider. Do we even know for a fact that he was arrested. The statements towards the end suggest that they have no material witnesses, so I have my doubts that they had any power to arrest. What would they charge the rider with? Breathing? he could have been parked up watching?
I see plenty of riders who act irresponsibly and these may have been mates taking chances. We don't know and I assume that had the biker simply been a passerbye or a witness, they wouldn't have arrested him. There is more to this story than is quoted on the BBC website.
Remember people died here, so a few hours inconvenience for a rider isn't the end of the world and although he may have had a bad day as a result, not as bad as those in the car or their surviving family.
I know we live in a police and BB state and were a little miffed but cmon. Keep it real. People died and I feel for one that the police need to cover all possibilities because the rider could have been the cause and if so deserves the full wrath of the law.
Dave
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