Police warn fleets about new manslaughter act

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• Fleet News Online

A police forensic collision investigator has reaffirmed warnings from legal experts that the police will investigate at-work road deaths as if they were murders under the new Corporate Manslaughter Act.

Following a death involving an at-work driver, fleet mangers can expect an immediate and in-depth investigation by the police.

“You will feel like you are being treated like a criminal,” warned David Kirk, a forensic investigator for Kent Police.

“And that is because it is... (305 more words)

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