A businessman rang 999 and blamed police in a 19-word call before jumping to his death from an A500 bridge. Staffordshire Police were hauled before Nicholas Boulton’s inquest on Monday (May 22).
Mr Boulton had been bailed to stay at Talke Travelodge following his second arrest on suspicion of domestic violence. However, just hours after getting his Travelodge key, the 64-year-old, from Georges Way, Bignall End, walked to the A500 bridge, made the 999 call, and jumped onto the carriageway.
He was struck by a Ford Fiesta, suffered a devastating brain injury, and died later that day, StokeonTrentLive reports. An earlier inquest heard Mr Boulton had also made two 999 calls to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) in the hours before his death but paramedics were so busy no-one came.
