Driver drives off scene of accident, returns

paul camilleri

Aug 26th 2012, 10:10

does it not occur to you that the poor woman as you put it could be covering up for someone else who does not posses a licence or insured?

what proof is there that this woman was actually driving none because she fled the scene
SO STOP MAKING UP ESCUSES LIKE PANICKED OR ANY OTHER UNFORGIVING REASON LEAST OF ALL CONGRATULATE HER FOR RETURNNING HERSLF IN!!!!

J. Pace

Aug 26th 2012, 00:12

95% of the cases according to our courts it is always the driver's fault even though the accident is initially caused by the pedestrian...

Johnny Donalds

Aug 25th 2012, 13:33

@ Rita Mangani: It would have been well done if she did not cause the injuries, just to put things in perspective...

Adam Cassano

Aug 25th 2012, 14:49

@Johnny Donalds, Do you know how the accident occured? Do you know if it was the man or the drivers fault? Think before you comment.

tyson vella

Aug 25th 2012, 15:27

Johnny why do you talk as if its the drivers fault? Maybe it was not!

J Busuttil

Aug 25th 2012, 16:13

@ Johnny Donalds

Who said that it was her fault.

A Camilleri

Aug 25th 2012, 11:25

unfortunatley these things happen, but not just in malta and gozo, only the week before there was an incident in leeds ( yorkshire ) where a driver knocked 2 kids and drove off.

Christopher Galea

Aug 25th 2012, 11:55

Kindly note that there are quite a lot of ex-pats and tourists living and visiting Gozo. Please bear in mind that most visiting tourists come from countries that drive on the right hand side of the road and many an instance they do not "calculate" when driving or parking. My parents live in Qawra during the summer months and on several occasions it had to be a Maltese to report the accident in question. Yes there are some people who are irresponsible, but I hate it when people point fingers at Maltese and Gozitans when a negativity occurs. A point in case is that you never mentioned the positive side of it, that the driver in question, BEING A GOZITAN, did go on her own steam to report the incident. It could have been anyone damaging another person's vehicle and driving off and not just the "some Gozitans and also Maltese who do not have the decency to stop or even report an accident" !!! I've seen Maltese, English, Italians, Swedes, Germans, Spanish, French and other people causing damage to other cars and driving off. And when possible I did my utmost to report what i saw at the nearest Police station. So please bear in mind that it could also have been some English or other national who do not have the decency to stop or even report an accident.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Aug 25th 2012, 12:16

The explanation is simple and universal; it is momentary confusion and the driver be praised to have acted correctly as soon as she recovered.

wayne scicluna

Aug 25th 2012, 14:24

Christopher Galea it seems that you have a lot of anger towards non residents. Your comment clearly shows that. Let me inform you on a fact....the maltese and gozitans are notoriously bad drivers who just do not care.

I quote ''Yes there are some people who are irresponsible, but I hate it when people point fingers at Maltese and Gozitans when a negativity occurs.'' Perhaps some anger management classes and anti ignorance would do a world of good...

Philip Mizzi

Aug 25th 2012, 14:27

I understand Mr Longhurst's frustration, but I wonder what makes him seem to believe that only some Gozitans and Maltese persons do these things!

Although such acts are not to be commended, there can be several reasons for doing so. Panic and fear can be some of the reasons. The woman involved in this case in Gozo gathered her strength and reported herself to the police.

Hit and run cases are sadly very common all over the world and not restricted to our islands. Stopping, giving first aid to the victim and calling an ambulance is the only sensible thing to do so as to mitigate the consequences both to the victim and to the driver him/herself.

I invite readers to see a case of hit and run by another woman but this time in the UK. However, the woman in the video kept on driving and was followed by a citizen who (surprisingly!) witnessed and video-taped everything. This woman even tried to deny running over a 75 year old man, when confronted by this citizen who knew exactly what he was doing and how to do it. It is my belief that he is an off duty serviceman or ex-serviceman of some type. Admirably, this citizen, felt the duty not to let her get away and made a ‘citizen arrest’. The woman who ran over the old man, even had the nerve to say that she is late for work and insisted to keep on going!

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Paul Kew

Aug 25th 2012, 14:29

@A Camilleri. The driver of the incident in Leeds has been arrested and no doublt will be charged and receive a prison sentence, that will not be a suspended one, for reckless and dangerous driving and leaving the seen of an accident. He will also be banned. I just wish that the judiciary in Malta would take a tougher stance. I hope the gentleman recovers.

Francis Sammut

Aug 25th 2012, 16:19

First I pray for the injured man to have an early recovery. Please take note that unfortunately these things happen everywhere, as we all know. Only last Saturday, as Mr. A. Camilleri already mentioned, two kids were run over in Leeds, UK. The driver also didn't stop. Well he did, only for a moment and then kept going!

Mr Tony Gatt

Aug 25th 2012, 16:51

@ A. Camiileri
It usually doesn't take the British police long to trace the driver in such cases. That one was caught a couple of days later.

Christopher Galea

Aug 25th 2012, 21:30

Mr Scicluna, I take it you too are Maltese so I guess that makes you one of the drivers you mentioned in your comment. Re the anger bit, yes it angers me when someone mentions only our wrong doings when a lot worse doings are happening in one's back yard! And please do not generalize since I too have family who are non Maltese.