> When the motorists who dominate and infest this transport newsgroup
> try to claim that the amount they pay in taxes more than covers any
> expenses incurred by them I wonder if it includes the costs incurred
> by 'Ambulance crews, including air ambulance, firefighters and
> police'?
>
> http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.2392870.0.young_m...
>
> "Police are trying to find the driver who fled the scene of a fatal
> car crash in Battersea last night.
>
> A pedestrian died after being hit by a blue Honda Civic at about 4am
> in Plough Road, at the junction with York Road.
>
> Ambulance crews, including air ambulance, firefighters and police
> attended the scene, but the man, believed to be in his mid 20s, could
> not be saved.
>
> He was pronounced dead at 4.30am.
>
> Officers from the Collision Investigation Unit at Hampton are keen to
> trace the driver of the car, who left the scene before police arrived.
>
> Anyone with information should call 020 8941 9011..."
>
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