Car on wrong side near RAF base where teenager died
DRAMATIC footage of a vehicle on the wrong side of the road near an RAF base has prompted police discussions at the “highest level” in light of the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn in a separate incident nearby.
The video, reported to Northamptonshire Police yesterday, shows a blue BMW having to brake sharply on a country road near RAF Croughton.
A force spokesman said Chief Constable Nick Adderley had personally taken control of the incident “in light of the ongoing investigation in Northamptonshire”.
RAF Croughton became the focus of an international controversy after Dunn was killed in a head-on collision with a car yards away from the base on Aug 27 last year.
Anne Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence official, claimed diplomatic immunity after the collision and was able to return to her home country.
The US state department said a UK extradition request for Mrs Sacoolas was highly inappropriate and would be an abuse.
Before reports of the latest incident surfaced, Andrea Leadsom, the constituency MP for Dunn’s family, wrote to the commander of the base to ask for an invitation to visit.
Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, Dunn’s parents, are looking for assurances that safety measures are in place to make sure there are no similar incidents in the future.
Confirming the force had been given the footage, a spokesman said: “We can confirm we have received a report of this incident.
“It falls in the Thames Valley area, but the Chief Constable (of Northamptonshire Police) has seen the footage.
“The incident is currently being discussed at the highest level in light of the ongoing investigation in Northamptonshire.”
Radd Seiger, the Dunn family spokesman, said: “Seeing this footage has sent shivers down my spine and made me feel sick. No harm done on this occasion fortunately but that is not the point.
“I have been urging everyone in authority to take the matter seriously.”