This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/5315386.stm
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 0 | Version 1 |
---|---|
Cameron minibus 'injures woman' | Cameron minibus 'injures woman' |
(20 minutes later) | |
A woman was seriously injured after she was in collision with a minibus carrying Conservative aides on David Cameron's four-day trip to India. | A woman was seriously injured after she was in collision with a minibus carrying Conservative aides on David Cameron's four-day trip to India. |
The minibus was travelling on the Great Eastern Expressway in Mumbai when it struck the young woman at around noon local time (0800 BST). | |
Journalists in the bus and Deputy High Commissioner Vicki Treadell reportedly asked the driver to slow down. | Journalists in the bus and Deputy High Commissioner Vicki Treadell reportedly asked the driver to slow down. |
Mr Cameron and shadow chancellor George Osborne were in separate vehicles. | |
'Unfortunate accident' | |
The woman appeared dead after the crash but Mrs Treadell said she had been taken to hospital for emergency surgery. | |
"This was a very unfortunate accident, which we deeply regret," she said. | |
"We did what the law requires, which is to go to the local police station and report it." | |
She said the driver, called Samson, and a police officer had claimed in their statements that the woman had "run out" into the traffic. | |
"They braked, but not quickly enough," she said. | |
Compensation? | |
The entourage had been en route to the Taj Mahal Hotel for a lunch appointment following a trip to a slum. | |
After the incident, a group of angry people reportedly gathered around the minibus and Samson was hit several times in the face, suffering cuts and bruises. | |
A police officer attempted to calm the situation before Samson drove the minibus could be driven away to a police station. | |
Samson and the police officer made statements before the driver drove the minibus on to the hotel. | |
Mrs Treadell said British authorities would pay "due compensation if that's appropriate". |