Police force sued over Thailand car crash

A police force is to be sued by the partner of a policeman killed in a car crash in Thailand. The officer was killed whilst working in Thailand helping to identify victims of the tsunami. He was killed when the minibus in which he was a passenger crashed. It was alleged at the inquest that the driver of the minibus, also a British policeman, was negligent. The driver performed a U-turn in the road and it was then hit by a coach. The woman’s lawyer said that the driver and the dead man were on duty and therefore the chief constable is liable for the negligence of his officer.”