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LAMARA BELL, THE Scottish woman who was involved in a car accident last Sunday but not discovered by police for three days, has died in hospital.
Lamara’s death was confirmed by her brother Martin on Facebook.
“My sister just passed away,” reads the post simply. It was posted early this morning.
It had been hoped prior to the weekend that Lamara (25) might make a recovery with earlier posts by Martin suggesting that she was “hanging in there”.
Unfortunately it seems her condition took a turn for the worse yesterday.
Lamara and her partner John Yuill (28) were involved in the car accident on the Scottish M9, near Stirling, last Sunday.
Although police were notified on Sunday morning last that an accident had taken place no follow-up action occurred, and the couple were not discovered for three days, by which stage John had already died.
“As part of our investigation into this incident, it has come to light that a call was made to police late on Sunday morning regarding a car which was reported as being off the road,” explained Assistant Chief Constable Kate Thomson of Police Scotland.
For reasons currently being investigated, that report was not followed up at the time.
An investigation is now underway to establish the full circumstances of the incident.
God love her after all that suffering
Heads should roll over this. She clearly would have survived had she been given medical help immediately. To be left for three days is absolutely incredible.
an avoidable disaster, your right heads should roll, my they both rest in peace
Be reasonable here. The police didn’t cause the car to crash.
Are you simple they were rang when it happened and did not respond to the accident for three days. In not doing so the couple were left there for three days I never said it was the the police fault it happened, I said it’s a disgrace on there behalf, meaning they should have be there well before three days after the accident occurred so in future read the comments properly before responding and when it’s on a thread like this have respect and just pay your respects fair enough if you disagree with my comment but that’s my opinion that I’m entitled to. Your just trying to cause an argument!
999 was rang!!! NOT the Police. The call was not passed on to the Police from the call takers. It’s all civilian operated call centres in the UK there is no fault on the side of the Police.
What I don’t understand is, why whoever rang in the accident didn’t stay on the scene ad gave first aid, or at least waited for emergency services to arrive, that doesn’t take away any of the guilt on part of the police, but it raises questions, in Germany, first of all, it is mandatory for everyone to have passed a first aid course before even being allowed to learn to drive, and you are obliged to stop and help at the scene of an accident, just calling the emergency services isn’t enough, you have to deliver first aid and stay on site until police or ambulance arrive, if not, you’ll face prosecution
Totally agree Larissa!
Larissa, you’re making a lot of assumptions here. Afaik someone simply reported that a car was “off the road”. There’s no suggestion that they knew there was anyone in the car.
Mother of god bless those two people. That is absolutely heartbreaking and a disgrace on behalf of the police of Scotland!
Do you honestly think the police did it on purpose?
Obviously not smart hole but a call was made and there was no response for three days now have some respect and don’t comment unless it’s to show respect
You shouldn’t comment without the full facts. Come down off your high horse.
Oh you must be his mammy are you ?mind your own business, clown! Another disgusting person looking to cause an argument while others are trying to pay respects. Lovely man you are.
Doesn’t bear thinking about. Those poor people and those poor families having to come to terms with their loved ones suffering in such a terrible way.
I said it in another I thread but what about the guy who made the call to police, why didn’t he go check on them ? Inexcusable in my book.
Where did friends and family think they were for the three days they were missing ? That doesn’t add up either.
They had been reported missing a few days before. Apparently the operator who took the call never logged it into the system. Very sad. And your right. The person who made the call should have waited. . That’s what most people would do. . Well I’d hope so
Absolutely unbelievable – this is the sort of shambles one would expect in Ireland, not the UK. Utterly tragic.
Why should we expect this in Ireland?? Our emergency services are as good as any other European country. The Gardai have an excellent record when dealing with accidents.
muppet
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What a stupid comment.
what the fu.k happened in your life to feel such contempt for the Guard’s? share your experience
The police messed up for sure, but does all responsibility lie at their door?
What about the person that phoned 999?
Should they have just driven off without checking on the occupants?
Should the 100′s, if not 1,000′s of people that drove past the car in the 3 days be absolved of all responsibility?
Do you honestly think that in Ireland, a car could sit for 3 days at the side of the road without anyone checking on it?
Perhaps it was the Bankers or bond holders fault.
Honestly, if you hate Ireland so much, why stay here?
The police didn’t mess up!!!! They didn’t receive the call it wasn’t passed onto them from the call centre.
Must be a guard are you? Why you getting so defensive we are all going on the information we were given in the above article at the time it was released. No need to be so defensive another other information was clearly put out after further investigation into the accident.
Jesus christ
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