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10:38am Saturday 9th February 2008
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A young man has died and three people remain in hospital after a horror crash in Whitehawk.
A police patrol car saw a Mazda containing three men and two women, believed to be teenagers, being driven erratically in Bevendean, Brighton, at 1am on Saturday and signalled it to stop.
The driver did not respond and following a pursuit crashed into a brick wall in Wilson Avenue, Brighton, and careered through two gardens.
One of the men has died and another remains in a critical condition. All five were taken to the Royal Sussex County hospital, where one has since been discharged.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC) has launched an independent investigation into the crash and has deployed two investigators to the scene.
IPCC commissioner Tom Davies said: "My condolences go to the family and friends of the dead man.
"This must have been a traumatic incident for everybody involved, including the members of the emergency services who attended.
"The IPCC investigation will be independent and proportionate."
Sussex Police has arrested the driver of the car.
Formal identification has not yet taken place.
anna, marina says...
11:40am Sat 9 Feb 08
Norman, Brighton says...
11:46am Sat 9 Feb 08
Numpty, Brighton says...
11:50am Sat 9 Feb 08
anna wrote:So Anna, you are quiet happy for an uninsured driver in a stolen car with out a license to drive down your roads / streets / around the marina at speed or erratically and possibly hit people. If you are willing to take that risk you are one in a million I think.
<b> When will the police learn that giving chase is not the answer - is a conviction worth a life? I don't think so. Back off cops.</b>
Reginaldo, Muddy Field says...
11:52am Sat 9 Feb 08
Paul, Worthing says...
11:58am Sat 9 Feb 08
anna wrote:Or alternatively, when will folks like these realise that doing a runner from the plod when they want a word isn't worth a life either?
<b> When will the police learn that giving chase is not the answer - is a conviction worth a life? I don't think so. Back off cops.</b>
Tony Wares, Brighton says...
12:26pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Councillor Warren Morgan, East Brighton says...
12:29pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
12:29pm Sat 9 Feb 08
ron, Nutley says...
12:43pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Number Six, Sompting says...
12:46pm Sat 9 Feb 08
anna wrote:A conviction? No!
When will the police learn that giving chase is not the answer - is a conviction worth a life? I don't think so. Back off cops.
maria, Whitehawk says...
12:55pm Sat 9 Feb 08
chris, brighton says...
12:57pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Valerie Paynter, Hove says...
1:01pm Sat 9 Feb 08
angie, whitehawk says...
1:08pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
1:10pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sharni, Brighton says...
1:11pm Sat 9 Feb 08
RAS Putin, Brighton says...
1:15pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sharni wrote:Back off and be respectful? Of someone who could have killed entirely innocent people?
WELL DONE JADE! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM PEOPLE! SOMEONE JUST DIED AND YOUR ALL ARGUEING ABOUT WHETHER THE DECISONS MADE WERE RIGHT OR NOT! JUST BACK OFF AND BE RESPECTFUL! Jade dunno if you remember me. From Cassidy's party - im madison's second cousin. :) R.I.P MATT. xx
Monitor, Monitoring says...
1:16pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sharni, Brighton says...
1:17pm Sat 9 Feb 08
RAS Putin wrote:YEAH. HE WASNT THE ONE DRIVING WAS HE? NO! HE WASNT TO BLAME WAS HE NO! BUT STILL HE DIED! x
Sharni wrote:Back off and be respectful? Of someone who could have killed entirely innocent people?
WELL DONE JADE! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM PEOPLE! SOMEONE JUST DIED AND YOUR ALL ARGUEING ABOUT WHETHER THE DECISONS MADE WERE RIGHT OR NOT! JUST BACK OFF AND BE RESPECTFUL! Jade dunno if you remember me. From Cassidy\\\'s party - im madison\\\'s second cousin. :) R.I.P MATT. xx
jade banks, whitehawk says...
1:19pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
1:24pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sharni, Brighton says...
1:24pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Dan T & family, Whitehawk says...
1:24pm Sat 9 Feb 08
angie, whitehawk says...
1:25pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Leon, Brighton says...
1:26pm Sat 9 Feb 08
common sense, hove says...
1:31pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
1:32pm Sat 9 Feb 08
maria, Whitehawk says...
1:38pm Sat 9 Feb 08
maria, whitehawk says...
1:46pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Richard Head, Marina says...
1:48pm Sat 9 Feb 08
lorraine, hove says...
1:48pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade lovatt, whitehawk says...
1:50pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
1:51pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Non Whitehawk resident, Brighton says...
2:01pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Angie, Brighton says...
2:08pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Roger, Hove says...
2:08pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Jade lovatt, whitehawk says...
2:08pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Wilson Avenue Resident, Brighton says...
2:12pm Sat 9 Feb 08
bn3, hangleton says...
2:12pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
2:14pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade, says...
2:14pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Non Whitehawk resident, Brighton says...
2:15pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sharni, Brighton says...
2:15pm Sat 9 Feb 08
angie, whitehawk says...
2:16pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade, whitehawk says...
2:18pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Non Whitehawk resident wrote:did i say back off to the police no, im saying back off to u heartless ppl, get it right!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jade why should the Police back off? The Driver was driving like an idiot and needed stopping. Would you be saying anything different if the Driver had knocked down a member of your family and killed them because they thought it was fun? I don\'t think so. The Driver will have to live with this for the rest of their life but I doubt very much they will suffer for too long. Those klnd never do. Until idiots like this learn the Police will continue to try and keep them within the law, although I doubt the driver really thought about that. My thoughts are with the familiy of the person that died, but also with the Police Officers who will no doubt be traumatised by what happened in front of them.
jade lovatt, whitehawk says...
2:19pm Sat 9 Feb 08
shannon, bevendean says...
2:22pm Sat 9 Feb 08
homer, springfield says...
2:22pm Sat 9 Feb 08
relative to the dead person, brighton says...
2:22pm Sat 9 Feb 08
quotethts my uncle u 2 bobbed **** think bout wat u say...my uncle is worth much more than a stupid wall
Maria, whitehawk resident says...
2:26pm Sat 9 Feb 08
alex, whitehawk says...
2:27pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Sally Ray, Shoreham says...
2:28pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Non Whitehawk Resident, Brighton says...
2:28pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade lovatt wrote:Yeah right...the driver is no different to you or me....!
what do you mean those kind never do?? known of the people that were in that car are no different to you and me!! they made a mistake and hopefully they will learn from it!
jade lovatt, whitehawk says...
2:33pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
2:34pm Sat 9 Feb 08
jade banks, whitehawk says...
2:38pm Sat 9 Feb 08
shay-louise, whitehawk says...
2:40pm Sat 9 Feb 08
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lorraine, hove says...
2:43pm Sat 9 Feb 08
maria, whitehawk says...
2:59pm Sat 9 Feb 08
rik n chaz, says...
3:07pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Tia, brighton says...
3:10pm Sat 9 Feb 08
Man with a brain .., Sussex says...
3:11pm Sat 9 Feb 08
lorraine wrote:No Lorraine, a 17 year-old male losing his life is the penaultimate line. The bottom line is, and ALWAYS WILL be in this case, is that some young person decided to try and outrun the Police. If he/she had NOT decided upon that course of action, then the 17 year-old boy (Matt ?) would NOT, repeat NOT, have been killed.
on the 9th Febuary 2008 a 17 year old boy has lost his life. That is the bottom line. A tragedy and waist of human life. Anyone with an once of compation would see this is the main and only factor. A young life has been lost! And that is relevant!!! DEBATER'S ARE NOT WELCOME ON THIS SPACE, IT CLEARLY STATES TRIBUTES!!!
bernie, brighton says...
11:31am Sat 9 Feb 08