M9 crash victim endured ‘almost incomprehensible’ suffering – inquiry

Lamara Bell, right, lay dying in a crashed car for three days after the incident was reported to police. The crash killed her partner, John Yuill, left.
Photograph: Police Scotland/PA

A young woman endured “almost incomprehensible” suffering as she lay seriously injured next to her deceased boyfriend in their crashed car for three days after the incident was first reported to the police, a fatal accident inquiry has found.

The “organisational failure” of Police Scotland “had fatal consequences for Lamara Bell”, according to Sheriff James Williamson. “Her suffering over a period of three days, terribly injured but conscious, is almost incomprehensible.”