RE: The media won't say this, and neither apparently will the police, so I will.
January 10, 2012 at 12:53 pm
(January 10, 2012 at 9:44 am)Tiberius Wrote: how on earth is it an accident?All to do with their departmental terminology with regards to health and safety.
The Police can opt to call the event either a "hazard/risk", "near miss", "incident", or an "accident".
Since accident describes a significant event that results in injury or death and/or property damage, its the only appropriate term the government's civil service policies allow them to categorise the fatality as.