Girl, 1, dies after dog attack in Crawley

[little al]

Man arrested for manslaughter.

BBC News - Girl, one, dies after dog attack in Crawley

 

[Laughing Gravy]

Thats terrible

 

[The Grockle]

Shocking. What's also shocking is the fact she had to be taken to the A&E at Redhill a reasonable distance away, it must cost lives a having to make that journey?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Shocking. What's also shocking is the fact she had to be taken to the A&E at Redhill a reasonable distance away, it must cost lives a having to make that journey?

All emergency cases from Crawley go to the NESH, they have done for years.

On a blue light run you can easily do it in a few minutes, trust me. It's probably a shorter trip than someone from Haywards Heath being rushed to the RSCH in Brighton.

 

[Guest]

Same age as my little girl, a tragedy.
Now for all the Crawley haters, Broadfield is f***ing shit. Very much like Whitehawk.

 

[The Grockle]

All emergency cases from Crawley go to the NESH, they have done for years.

On a blue light run you can easily do it in a few minutes, trust me. It's probably a shorter trip than someone from Haywards Heath being rushed to the RSCH in Brighton.

You would certainly know better than me, just always seemed a little strange a town the size of Crawley (66th biggest in England) doesn't have it's own A&E but as you point out there are much longer journeys for other areas.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

You would certainly know better than me, just always seemed a little strange a town the size of Crawley (66th biggest in England) doesn't have it's own A&E but as you point out there are much longer journeys for other areas.

It has a hospital, but trauma cases all go to NESH. Presumably it comes down to the cost of proper emergency units versus the response time.

I know when they call ambulances to Gatwick they're usually pretty quick. And the NESH is basically straight up the A23 from Crawley so it's not as bad as it sounds.

 

[Eric Potts]

Doesn't the charge of manslaughter imply there was some intent to harm the girl , as opposed to negligently having a dangerous dog which unexpectedly attacked her ?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Doesn't the charge of manslaughter imply there was some intent to harm the girl , as opposed to negligently having a dangerous dog which unexpectedly attacked her ?

No. Manslaughter falls into two categories: by unlawful act; or by gross negligence.

Like, for example, leaving a dog alone in a room with a baby maybe (a mere hypothesis by the way. I know nothing about the case in question).

 

[algie]

I know the owner.Hope he goes down for this.

 

[Eric Potts]

Thanks Edna : didn't realise it covered negligence.

 

[Brighton till i die]

Poor little girl. So sad.