- Jul 7, 2003
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Or ... slightly more innocently ... both of them might have decided that it might be best to await legal advice before either of them say anything.
Possibly, but if you're the one who had been in the passenger seat, wouldn't you just say so? The maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is fourteen years imprisonment, so the only one worried about legal advice should be the driver. Two people are dead here: personally I would have thought it unlikely (if not impossible) that the pair who survived would have the clarity of thought to be that far ahead of proceedings in the immediate aftermath.
It's more likely in my opinion that they've both denied driving, and it's not been able to establish from their positions at the scene (they could have got out of the car, run off, been thrown clear, or- worst case scenario- I've even heard of cases whereby the driver has got out and placed an unconscious or dead passenger in the driver's seat), therefore both would be arrested so they could be interviewed about it. And have evidential breath test readings taken.
Where driver details are disputed, they'd interview both parties and any other relevant witnesses, and use forensic analysis and CCTV cameras to try and pinpoint who was at the wheel.
I don't know anything about the circumstances of today's incident, I should add.