Woman killed in traffic accident - Brixton Hill 22nd of April

[story]

So what was all that hoo-haa then?

A woman got knocked down by a bus and was helicoptered out (junction of Effra Rd and St Matthew's Rd, about 6 pm). *fingers crossed she's okay..*

High Street blocked off, scuffles in the street, and "some rather heavy handed policing" according to my witness. (also about 6 pm).

Were the two things linked or coincidental?

 

[billythefish]

So what was all that hoo-haa then?

A woman got knocked down by a bus and was helicoptered out (junction of Effra Rd and St Matthew's Rd, about 6 pm). *fingers crossed she's okay..*

High Street blocked off, scuffles in the street, and "some rather heavy handed policing" according to my witness. (also about 6 pm).

Were the two things linked or coincidental?

It's on the Brixton Chit-chat... a woman was run over and killed by a prison van... one report was that she was a thirteen year old girl, another that she was one of the people that hang out by the Ritzy.

Someone attacked the prison van after the accident - the passenger window was smashed.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Local info tells me this....Schoolgirl trapped under prison van....presumably detainees still in van added to the mix as far as the police were concerned. Add resulting road closure to existing road-mending closure and it all got a bit mad...I saw a number 2 bus, lost, well off-course, down a side-street and heaving with passengers and a frantic bus driver wondering how the hell to get back on course.....

 

[Mrs Magpie]

BBC say this..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7361651.stm

 

[story]

Oh god how awful!

 

[fjydj]

it may have been worse, there was a blue screen put up by the side of a prison van, with a car and two buses rammed up behind it...
policing things like this must be tricky, people are curious and will go and have a look but with the road closed all the bus stops not working and they want to get home or whatever too. There was a massive queue of empty buses by the town hall, and cars being turned around.

 

[CPCG]

Information from the police is that a young woman was in collision with a prison van, in front of the Ritzy. She has sadly died of her injuries.

The scene is being treated as the scene of a crime, rather than a road traffic accident. This doesn't necessarily presume there has been a crime, but determines the standard to which evidence will be collected and explains the continuing hold-ups.

Edited to add: We understand that the driver of the vasn has been arrested and is being questioned.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I hope it wasn't connected, but the traffic light sequences seemed to have changed around Brixton and there's even less time for pedestrians to cross......so sad the accident victim didn't survive.

 

[billythefish]

I hope it wasn't connected, but the traffic light sequences seemed to have changed around Brixton and there's even less time for pedestrians to cross......so sad the accident victim didn't survive.

True about the lights... the road's so wide right there too - I've often been caught out by vehicles turning from Acre Lane...

 

[shygirl]

The woman who died was a well-known face in the town centre and the area outside the Ritzy. If anyone out there knows anyone who actually witnessed the accident, try to encourage them to contact the police. Unfortunately, the opportunity to collect names of witnesses might have been missed in the in the immediate aftermath. People and friends who witnessed the accident were very upset and some missiles were thrown at the vehicles. I guess the police felt that moving people on and protecting the victim's dignity was the top priority, so people eventually drifted off. At times like this,however, we need local officers to engage with people at the scene and encourage witness statements.

The woman who died was pretty chaotic, but always friendly and affectionate with those around her. Its so sad.

 

[Stobart Stopper]

Fuck knows why London Tonight were reporting "a 13 year old girl is trapped under a prison van", imagine the many parents of any teenage girls who were out with their mates at that time, or coming back from school, they must have all been going frantic with worry if they had heard that on tv.
Stupid reporting, they should check their facts properly first.

 

[gaijingirl]

Just came through - it's chaotic alright. So very sad and actually very chilling to see that blue sheet.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's sad. I must have just missed that as I left M&S around 5.20 and was waiting for a bus and started hearing sirens by the time I got home, but thought nothing of it - as you do in Brixton

 

[Gixxer1000]

13 sounds like 30 I suppose, either way RIP.

 

[via-strass]

http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/latest-london-news/Driver-arrested-after-woman-dies.4009121.jp
The driver has been arrested according to this story.
A few people have posted what they saw in the Brixton chit-chat thread, including someone who reckoned they know who the victim was, the lady who wears a 'Marlboro' car racing jacket apparently.

 

[trashpony]

There is another thread about the victim

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=247965

Can we merge please and use her name? It seems a bit disrespectful not to.

 

[Crispy]

The woman's name was Naomi, aka Gully. She was 30.

The Mail has the best report in the press:

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages...ews.html?in_article_id=561416&in_page_id=1770

Seeing as the RIP thread got ruined by cheap point scoring, I'm bumping this thread for discussion of the event. Remember that when/if the case comes to court, speculation will have to cease. I've exorcised the bunfight and reopend the RIP thread here, which is for paying respects/remembering the deceased. NOT fighting.

 

[editor]

The woman's name was Naomi, aka Gully. She was 30.

The Mail has the best report in the press:

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages...ews.html?in_article_id=561416&in_page_id=1770

You can just feel the sympathy exuding out from the Daily Mail readers in the comments section:

Stupid woman. I hope the driver is OK.

- Kris, Fife

I think she deserved it. Silly woman!

Why should the driver of the security van driver be prosecuted for reckless driving when it was obviously the woman's fault? It is about time people took more responsibility for their own actions in this world. In her case it got her killed.

- Richard Micklewright, Middlesbrough, England

So there you have it: drunk and disorderly in street = deserve to die.

 

[tarannau]

What a bunch of cunts on the comments section of the DM boards.

 

[FoxyMKII]

Couldn't agree more......

 

[Dan U]

they posted my comment calling them disgusting.

so get cracking!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Funny how you know perfectly well that people posting comments on the Daily Mail site are liable to be scumbags, but it can still shock you how repugnant they actually are.

 

[innit]

they posted my comment calling them disgusting.

so get cracking!

nice one I've left a comment too, not sure if they'll publish it though (I said I felt some of the previous comments should have been moderated)

 

[gabi]

What month are we in again?

 

[smokedout]

nice one I've left a comment too, not sure if they'll publish it though (I said I felt some of the previous comments should have been moderated)

looks like mine hasnt got through, i tried so hard to be polite as well

ive never managed to get a comment published on the mail website

 

[innit]

I don't think mine has made it through either.

 

[tarannau]

Although, mysteriously Cllr Chris Cook's comments remain. IIRC he's a BNP supporting goon and all round gobshite.

 

[tommers]

You can just feel the sympathy exuding out from the Daily Mail readers in the comments section:
So there you have it: drunk and disorderly in street = deserve to die.

fucking hell. I know him.

 

[quimcunx]

can someone change the date in the thread title?

 

[smokedout]

urban's getting flamed on ht tp://www.holymoly.co.uk/g/corner/government2media2whoever-70337.html about this

makes the daily mail comments look like hippies