I know that times are hard but can we, as a profession, take matters into our own hands??
From Warwickshire Police this morning:
26 February 2009 10:45
Warwickshire Police are investigating an incident Coleshill, North Warwickshire this morning (Thursday 26 February) in which a lorry driver has alleged he sustained a head injury during an attempted robbery on his curtain sided lorry.
Police were alerted to the injured driver, who was parked on the Station Road Industrial Estate in Coleshill at 6.20am.
The driver, whose first language is not English, has indicated that he was attacked in the early hours of the morning, and that he had used a knife to defend himself against his attackers who were believed to be in a dark coloured car.
A short while later the West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a location between junctions 6 and 7 on the northbound carriageway of the M6 motorway at approximately 6.30am to a report of a man in a car who was bleeding badly. On arrival at the location they found no one there.
A short while later three injured men attended Sandwell Hospital in Birmingham, bleeding heavily. One of the men, aged 36 years has since died from his injuries. The two others, one aged 15 years (age of other not known at this time), remain in a critical condition in hospital.
Police in Warwickshire who are liasing with colleagues in West Midlands Police, are conducting an investigation into the incidents. The driver of the lorry, a 41 year old man, who was not seriously injured, has been arrested by Warwickshire Police on suspicion of murder.
The M6 Motorway remains closed at this time while police examine the scene. Police officers from West Midlands Police and Warwickshire Police are attending Sandwell Hospital and police are also investigating the scene at Coleshill.
Detective Chief Inspector Adrian McGee, from Warwickshire Police, who is leading the investigation, said "We are still gathering information in order to establish what has happened this morning. We are appealing to anyone who has any information from any of the locations to contact the major Investigation unit at Warwickshire Police.
“We want to hear from anyone who saw anything that may be of interest to the police at the Station Road Industrial Estate in Coleshill, anyone driving on the Northbound carriageway of the M6 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 between 6.20am - 6.30am this morning who saw a dark blue car and anyone who saw the men arriving at Sandwell Hospital at shortly after 6.30am.”
