The driver in the Wimbledon school accident won't be charged?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4448xx4keo

It sounds like a unavoidable and unforeseeable medical incident led to the tragedy, but the families wanted justice.

I can't begin to imagine their pain, but this is the right decision?

There is no evidence of that. Do you want a charge to be brought knowing that it is totally unsupported by the evidence?

i think there is also a question of which came first, crash or seizure. Ie Is it not possible that a seizure is the result of impact to drivers head in the crash. I wouldn’t think that is possible to establish (please someone expert say if medically it is, I’m not claiming any knowledge).

Surely it would be possible to establish this? There would be bruising on the driver's head and damage to the windscreen? Would an airbag have prevented this?

Mate, she not going to be tortured cause it's not her children that were crushed under that car. Enough with the hyperbole, it's not her child that died.

You wouldn’t feel tortured if you accidentally killed 2 children? That says more about you than anyone else TBF.

Absolutely. There is a horrible vein of people who are just baying for the driver to be put through a court case. The problem is when children are involved, rationality goes out of the window. Medical emergencies at the wheel aren't uncommon, the fact that children were involved makes no difference.
There is no disputing evidence, the CPS has reviewed the case, what do you think making medical evidence public will achieve? Other than satisfy the needs of a ghoulish few.

And by the way, I DO a have sympathy for epilepsy my brother had it and it seemed to be liked to severe mental health problems resulting in death. I said NOTHING about HER other than it's not her pain to endure. It's not her children that died, with the greatest of respect.

You wouldn’t feel tortured if you accidentally killed 2 children? That says more about you than anyone else TBF.

Nice a hominem. Mature.

It's not the same for her, as someone who blacked out, as it is for the parents. Now get a life and stop picking fights.

Wow. Stone cold.

Yeah, go away.

Some people would absolutely be tortured unfortunately some wouldn't. How do people not understand their are all sorts of people out there! Some people are awful and couldn't care less some actively seem to enjoy hurting others just look at whats happening in Gaza?!

Why don't you believe she had never had a seizure before when there is so much evidence that people have seizures out of the blue all the time, for all sorts of reasons? How do you think this accident happened if that was not the reason, and what is your evidence for it?

Could you prove that you have never had a seizure in your life, bearing in mind that they don't necessarily leave any sort of medical evidence? You would have to bring evidence documenting literally every minute of your life to date. There is a very good reason why it's accepted that you cannot prove a negative.

You're a psychopath, mate.

No one said it was the same for her as for her parents. You’ve made that up.

People with epilepsy don't have severe mental health problems? Your replies are just bizarre.

There was no evidence of braking or avoidance steering. Having examined the medical evidence (evidence of the seizure and Type) and the accident itself, it’s been determined that she had a seizure just prior to the accident, causing the fatal journey at speed into a wall.

Why? Are you suggesting that it is impossible for a seizure to be a one off? Evidence?

Whether someone is likely to be "tortured for the rest of their days" has no bearing on whether a prosecution is undertaken anyway.

A prosecution happens if the CPS thinks there is a realistic chance of convicting someone of a crime and from that whether it is in the public interest to do so.

It's not like there is someone behind a big desk saying, "oh she'll probably feel really guilty so no point going ahead with this".

Some people's ideas of how the system works are really weird.

I would assume the driver has gone on to have other seizures, there has been nothing said to indicate that this was a single seizure. Epilepsy isn't usually diagnosed on a first seizure.
But yes, people often only have a single seizure.

@Bikesandbees its entirely possible to have either a one off seizure, or have one and then get successfully medicated and never have one again. The problem for the person who had the seizure is they may never know if it's the meds or good fortune that means they only have one.

God the level of knowledge and empathy on here is stunning

Honestly before reading this thread I had no idea that so many people were so completely clueless about how our judicial system works. Especially that people thought you could just override the system because reasons.

Have you heard about people who have declared epilepsy to the DVLA not having their licence suspended? Unless you have, this is a total irrelevancy.

@GasPanic I don't know why you're talking about CPS, of course 'feeling tortured' is not a metric they consider.

I just find it a bit much that people are using that word when really it's watering it down. Feeling guilty is more appropriate. The parents are the ones who feel agony and tortured, for the rest of their lives.

You're right @Safewater a single seizure does not necessarily add up to a diagnosis of epilepsy. You'd need a second for that, or other symptoms. However a great many people who have that first whopper don't mess around waiting for a second - they go onto meds which may mask that potential second one. So it's hard to pick apart

All I’m saying is, prove it in court. My empathy lies with the families of those sweet baby girls.