Geoff Says; In a very serious mood.
Before you read this TRUE story I want you to imagine that you have a 12 year old son or daughter or grandchild who with a friend decides to cross a main busy highway and they decide to run for it but then this happens!
Dear Sir/Madam
My 12 year old child was hit by a car today while on her way to the st columb car boot sale on the busy main road outside the sale. She has head and pelvic injuries and is lucky to be alive as she was hit with severe force.
While I understand your position holding the boot sale in that location and I do not seek to undermine that I want to make you aware of some simple steps that I would recommend to ensure that this does not happen again.
The road outside your sale has a speed limit of 60mph. After seeing the condition of the car that hit my daughter I cannot believe how lucky she is to be alive.
You have many children and families walking from the town to attend the boot sale, rushing to get there with no facility’s for walking or pavements or any safety precautions. The entry and exit system is a joke. Make the entrance have more of a sweep either end so cars do not have to take an abrupt turn off from a 60mph limit road. I have seen some crazy driving manoeuvres entering and exiting the site.
I would recommend a large ‘SLOW children crossing ‘ sign to be erected at either end of the road leading up to the site.
You simply must have some stewards (I recommend at least 4) on the actual road slowing and directing traffic before they approach the site from both directions at least 50m down each side of the road
You must implicate as many procedures as possible to ensure this never happens again.
This time you and my family were lucky. I hope and pray my daughter has not got any life affecting injuries. A fatality would mean there would never be a car boot sale there again. The traffic system you are currently operating is criminally critically unsafe and needs to be immediately rectified.
You have been warned. This email has also been sent to the police who were in attendance
Regards
Mr DeLorean
Dear Mr DeLorean,
COMPLETE LACK OF PARENTAL CONTROL
I have spoken to our team and manager concerning your daughter running across the road into a car (which was NOT speeding) without parental supervision and control.
I must correct you on several of your assumtions which are totally wrong;
- We do not have any responsibilities for what happens outside on the main public highway that is the responsibility of the Police, therefore your idea of having up to four staff supervising traffic outside on the highway would be boarderline illegal.
- We have been established over ten years at St Columb Major, to date there has only been the one accident which unfortunately was your daughter.
- The entry and exit cannot be referred to as a joke! Thousands upon thousands of cars have used our entry and exits with their passengers, without incident.
- Your personal attack on our business is not acceptable and to quote your observation “criminally critically unsafe and needs to be immediately rectified” is both offensive and wrong.
- Your “You have been warned” comment is rejected without comment sir!
- When the accident happened two members of our team one ‘highly trained and qualified FIRST AIDER’ rushed outside to assist your daughter until the Police and Ambulance arrived, and appreciation from yourself would have been acceptable!
- The Police know our businesses well over the 33 years since we have been established, there has NEVER been any accidents at all especially with an ‘unsupervised girl of 12 running across a public highway’
- Respectfully, I would add that I believe the Police would be more interested in your ‘LACK OF PARENTAL CARE AND CONTROL’ than the genuine efforts of help from TAMMI and our team and our cocerned customers who witnessed the incident sir!!
We are sorry about the accident involving your daughter, we hope she returns to full health very soon.
A courtesy thank-you to Tammi our professional First Aider would be a good idea perhaps? By the way, how do you think the driver of the car feels, sir?
Yours sincerely,
Geoff Camden Wiles
Car Boots Cornwall.
— Name —John Wastell— Email —— Subject —St Columb Major accident— Contact Number —Witheld— Comment or Message —Just to let you know I for one fully support your comments Geoff. Your staff are always helpful and deserve a pat on the back for everything they do. Hope they and the driver involved in this incident don’t have any long term issues. Best wishes to the girl as well.RegardsJohn (you probably know me better as Oliver and Grahame’s friend).
Report from TAMMI First Aider! 03/07/2022
So, when I arrives on the scene the incident had just happened and all were super chaotic. I took it upon myself to take charge of the situation *Somebody was already on the phone to the emergency services* but nobody had started to control the fast traffic passing by. The young girl and her friend had been heading to the car Boot when unfortunately the poor girl misjudged her run accross the main road and was hit by the car.
No parents were present, two couples and the lady driver who hit the young girl accidently were on the scene. The next person to arrive was a guy from the Critical Care team who had just finished his shift, I was extremely glad to see him. When the parents eventually arrived (understandably distressed) Mum was thankful of everyone helping but Dad was pannicking wanted to get to his daughter. In the best interest of everyone I tried to get the people present to calm down advising them to leave the paramedics do their job. A lot of the parents friends arrived who were very grateful of my input and her friend gave me the warmest of hugs in appreciation. A lesson to be learned by all.
Geoff; So did you see the friend today? (Sunday 03/07/22)
Yes, Her and her Mum thanked me as they recognised me. They mentioned the email from Dad about slowing the cars down on the road outside but Johanna nor I said anything just shrugged our shoulders. I don’t think the friends knew how rudely the email had been written. The girl who got hit is now okay with cuts and grazes but no serious injuries. She got to the hospital to be checked over. Unfortunately, the parents feel like they need to blame other rather than their own poor choice in allowing such a young girl to cross such a busy road unattended. Tammi 04/07/2022
Geoff; Thank you Tammi, you have been well praised for your First Aider skills by all of our teams and members of the public. XX
So, when I arrives on the scene the incident had just happened and all were super chaotic. I took it upon myself to take charge of the situation *Somebody was already on the phone to the emergency services* but nobody had started to control the fast traffic passing by. The young girl and her friend had been heading to the car Boot when unfortunately the poor girl misjudged her run accross the main road and was hit by the car.
No parents were present, two couples and the lady driver who hit the young girl accidently were on the scene. The next person to arrive was a guy from the Critical Care team who had just finished his shift, I was extremely glad to see him. When the parents eventually arrived (understandably distressed) Mum was thankful of everyone helping but Dad was pannicking wanted to get to his daughter. In the best interest of everyone I tried to get the people present to calm down advising them to leave the paramedics do their job. A lot of the parents friends arrived who were very grateful of my input and her friend gave me the warmest of hugs in appreciation. A lesson to be learned by all.
Geoff; So did you see the friend today? (Sunday 03/07/22)
Yes, Her and her Mum thanked me as they recognised me. They mentioned the email from Dad about slowing the cars down on the road outside but Johanna nor I said anything just shrugged our shoulders. I don’t think the friends knew how rudely the email had been written. The girl who got hit is now okay with cuts and grazes but no serious injuries. She got to the hospital to be checked over. Unfortunately, the parents feel like they need to blame other rather than their own poor choice in allowing such a young girl to cross such a busy road unattended. Tammi 04/07/2022
Geoff; Thank you Tammi, you have been well praised for your First Aider skills by all of our teams and members of the public. XX