bloody rubberneckers watching someone dying in the road

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... walking to school this morning and 10 yards from my house was a very large middle aged man lying unconscious in the road, halfway between two parked cars. Head was being cradled by middle age woman and another man standing next to them on the phone - I assumed to paramedics.

I had 5 small children with me so just hurried them on past. At school one of the mum asked me what was going on in my road as it was full of police and ambulances.

Half an hour later I'm back from the school run and the pavements are awash with my neighbours watching paramedics doing CPR on the now shirtless man in the middle of the road. They'd been doing it for at least 20 minutes apparently. They must have arrived just after I'd walked past with kids.

What is wrong with people standing watching someone probably dying in public?

I'm also feeling guilty that I didn't stop and try to help. If someone had done CPR on the man straight away he might have been ok. I didn't stop because of all the children, but I'm now wishing I'd done something, even if it was to suggest to the woman or the man there that they try to see if the man had a pulse.....

Poor man. How rude and disrespectful.

Poor man, some people have no sense of dignity.

It drives me mad, had same when I had major car crash and was being pit on a spinal board and every car slowed to get a look, just glad I was wearing knickers

Poor man, and you couldn't have done anything

Don't feel guilty. You had 5 children with you, all of whom needed to get your yours and what the situation didn't need was 5 children getting bored and in the way.

Some people are rude and incredibly disrespectful.

school not yours

Maybe all those people had the same thought as you and had stopped to see if they could help? I do understand what you mean though.

My asd ds probably would have tried to get involved if I'd attempted chest compressions. He's obsessed with paramedics and ambulances......

They weren't close enough to help. They were standing around in their vests and dressing gowns, leaning on their gates.....

Oh I've seen this, I came out of the tube once and saw a crowd of people (about 30 I'd say) on the pavement by the road, thought it a bit odd and then noticed an ambulance. When I crossed the road I could see a girl had been knocked off her bike and was lying in the road. All these people were just standing there staring.