Title: Demand for Swifter Investigation into Road Collisions in Lincolnshire
A recent coroner’s report has called for quicker examination and review of road accidents by police and local highways officers in Lincolnshire, with the aim of averting future disasters. This comes in the wake of a fatality involving David Walsh, aged 40, and his son Cameron, 16, who lost their lives in a car incident near Tetney Lock, situated closely to Louth Canal. The vehicle, which was being test-driven by Mr Walsh, ended up being drowned in the canal. The coroner’s report for the prevention of future death (PFD) emphasised that occurrences potentially correlated to road conditions were not reported swiftly enough to the highways authority by the police. Marianne Johnson, who is the assistant coroner for Greater Lincolnshire, made the conclusion that such incidents were only reviewed by the highways team yearly, hence deferring potential safety upgrades. The PFD report underscored the necessity for prompt reviews to halt further incidents. Both Lincolnshire County Council and Lincolnshire Police have been given a 56-day timeframe to revert with a plan of action. Floral tributes have been placed at the site of the collision in a heartening tribute to memory of the Walsh family.
The Lincoln Post adapted this story from the original reporting found on www.bbc.com.
