Woman and 3 dogs killed in car collision
A WALKER was killed with her three dogs in a car accident in one of London’s most exclusive areas.
The driver, a 26-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and taken into custody yesterday.
Met Police officers were called to a street in Chelsea at 6.20am to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian, three golden retriever dogs and an Audi car.
The woman was found dead at the scene, while all the dogs died as a result of injuries, according to police.
The driver had sustained minor injuries, it was said.
A crime scene cordon was in place on the mansion-lined road that stretches along the Thames and has attracted many famous residents, such as rock star Sir Mick Jagger. Forensic officers were seen at the junction where Albert Bridge meets the Chelsea embankment and a blue forensic tent was placed on the debris-strewn road.
Motorists were told to avoid the area due to road closures, including a section of the embankment connecting Battersea Bridge, Royal Hospital Road and Albert Bridge.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Twitter account posted: “We’re saddened to hear about the tragic collision on Cheyne Walk. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman involved.” Others raised concerns about road safety in the area.
One Twitter user posted: “This whole area is so dangerous for pedestrians. Cyclists too.
“From Battersea Bridge down to Chelsea Bridge, the surrounding space is an absolute nightmare all the time.”
Another tweeted: “My condolences to her family and friends.
“A heinous junction, and it terrifies me crossing it.
“I truly hope they now look again at road safety along the whole embankment.”
The woman’s next of kin have been informed, police said, but she was not officially named yesterday.
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to call 101 quoting CAD 1500/14May.
and did not hear from them until March, when I had a text saying they had ended up in a steel factory in Mariupol.
“They told me there was another Brit who was badly injured in the factory and had been fighting in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
“Last month I had a few more texts and from what they said the conditions were terrible but very well organised. They had food and water but their biggest concern was ammunition.”
Chillingly, he said all resistance fighters in the steel factory had been warned to “keep a round for themselves, because no one wants to be captured”.
“I am told that, in several exchanges of bodies with the Russians on the border in 2015, it was clear, even then, that dead Ukrainian soldiers had been tortured first.
“Now the Chechens have been offered bounties by Russian commanders for any captured or killed Brit.they see Boris Johnson as the number one figure of hate and are
desperate to hit back at the UK for the help it has given to Ukraine.”
Last week, harrowing images emerged of conditions inside the Azovstal plant, showing Ukrainian fighters who have had legs amputated, in the makeshift field hospital erected by the Azov regiment.
Commanders say the wounded are living in unsanitary conditions
“with open wounds bandaged with non-sterile remnants of bandages, without the necessary medication and even food”.
Though all women, children and pensioners who had sought refuge in the plant were said to have been evacuated as part of a humanitarian mission coordinated by the UN and the Red
Cross last week, around 100 civilians are thought to remain.
Last night, Robert Clark, director of defence and security at the Civitas think-tank, said: “If the Ukrainians have British junior NCOS there, it’s not surprising they’re managing to hold out. Even two or three can make all the difference. They will be extremely valued right now.”
Mr Clark, a former infantry corporal, added: “While officers organise orders and plan for the next day’s operations, it’s the junior NCOS who organise and construct defences, deciding where to place people and obstacles, making sure to channel attackers so the most vulnerable areas are covered. It’s their chief skill set.”
Last week, Col Sergei Volyna, commander of the 36th Marine Brigade in Mariupol, appealed to both tech tycoon Elon Musk and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to mediate for the safe extraction of wounded soldiers.
“There are 600 servicemen with injuries of varying degrees who are in dire need of help,” he said.