Lockhart – Second event.
Grim, bleak and as tragic as the Lockhart River second fatal accident may be; there may be some ‘good’ come from it.
"It's really early days — I've got an inspector as a forward commander in place there at the moment and I've got a team of expert police in the building behind us supporting those people," he said.
"Tomorrow, we'll have a further nine staff flying to Lockhart from the disaster victim investigation squad and we'll be doing a joint investigation with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau."
The police lost one of their own in the last event. That, is not a thing they will forget, when you consider the shambles of the Metro accident and subsequent ‘inquiry’ you can understand why the local ‘Bobbies’ ain’t relying on ATSB or CASA. Anyone who followed the last Coroners inquest will taste the bitter ashes of that debacle.
Good on the local force; let’s hope they make the rules of evidence and their own investigation keep the ATSB and CASA honest. One thing I’ve learned from police mates – you may fool ‘em once – but that is all you get. They will make certain, this time around, that all is as it should be. They, unlike ATSB are bound and sworn to uphold ‘the law’. I wish ‘em well.
Somehow I can’t see a Godley late phone call or implied threat affecting their evidence or opinion – except to piss ‘em off.
It must be a little hard for Shane Urquhart about now – our thoughts are with him and those left behind wondering why, how and what for. A tough road ahead for them. Sincere condolences don’t buy much peace – but that and a fair investigation is about the best we have to offer.
Grim, bleak and as tragic as the Lockhart River second fatal accident may be; there may be some ‘good’ come from it.
"It's really early days — I've got an inspector as a forward commander in place there at the moment and I've got a team of expert police in the building behind us supporting those people," he said.
"Tomorrow, we'll have a further nine staff flying to Lockhart from the disaster victim investigation squad and we'll be doing a joint investigation with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau."
The police lost one of their own in the last event. That, is not a thing they will forget, when you consider the shambles of the Metro accident and subsequent ‘inquiry’ you can understand why the local ‘Bobbies’ ain’t relying on ATSB or CASA. Anyone who followed the last Coroners inquest will taste the bitter ashes of that debacle.
Good on the local force; let’s hope they make the rules of evidence and their own investigation keep the ATSB and CASA honest. One thing I’ve learned from police mates – you may fool ‘em once – but that is all you get. They will make certain, this time around, that all is as it should be. They, unlike ATSB are bound and sworn to uphold ‘the law’. I wish ‘em well.
Somehow I can’t see a Godley late phone call or implied threat affecting their evidence or opinion – except to piss ‘em off.
It must be a little hard for Shane Urquhart about now – our thoughts are with him and those left behind wondering why, how and what for. A tough road ahead for them. Sincere condolences don’t buy much peace – but that and a fair investigation is about the best we have to offer.