Dead were from Alresford and Wincanton (From This is Hampshire)
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Did you see cars before death collision near Whitchurch?
10:27am Tuesday 29th January 2013 in News
Police are appealing for witnesses to yesterday's road accident near Whitchurch in which two people died.
The incident happened at 6.44am on Cole Henley Road and involved a silver Renault Clio and a green Ford Mondeo.
The driver of the Clio, a 35-year-old woman from Alresford, and the driver of the Mondeo, a 65-year-old man from Wincanton, Somerset, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The road was closed until 11am while the vehicles were recovered and collision investigators examined the scene.
Anyone who saw either vehicle prior to the collision is asked to contact PC James Gallimore at Whitchurch Roads Policing Unit on 101, quoting Operation Mellphone.
Comments(6)
jonone
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11:58am Tue 29 Jan 13
keepontriking wrote:So, you can prove one of the parties was at fault can you? I assume you have provided the police with this evidence?
Once again the Gazette calls this an "Accident" how do you know this? Most reports now use words like collision, incident, or crash as accident makes an implication that no one was to blame. That is not yet known. The BBC rightly changed its wording on this when reporting the recent sad case in Bristol of the tandem riders killed, cannot the Gazette also improve its reporting?
Did you drive a car yesterday? So you'll know about all the black ice that was around?
keepontriking
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12:08pm Tue 29 Jan 13
"Accident" implies no one was at fault. That is not known. Neither is it known if anyone WAS at fault.
Collision is simple, factual and non committal, and until a proper investigation is complete no reasoncan be apportioned.
Most police reports now accept such wording in Press Releases.
Honeybee123
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1:55pm Tue 29 Jan 13
keepontriking
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2:01pm Tue 29 Jan 13
Prayers go out.
Sam_Walker123456
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2:11pm Tue 29 Jan 13
Accident: An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.
Unless what happened was expected and intentional then 'accident' is an acceptable description of what happened. The word 'accident' does not mean nobody was to blame, just that the tragedy was not planned or expected.
keepontriking says...
10:36am Tue 29 Jan 13
That is not yet known.
The BBC rightly changed its wording on this when reporting the recent sad case in Bristol of the tandem riders killed, cannot the Gazette also improve its reporting?