Crash Death Sparks Police Call Handling Probe

Police in Scotland have been told to urgently review the way they handle calls from the public after the death of a woman who lay critically injured for three days in a crashed car.

Lamara Bell, 25, was found next to her dead boyfriend John Yuill in the vehicle last Wednesday - despite the accident off the M9 being reported to police on the previous Sunday.
After officers failed to show up, the couple were only discovered down an embankment near a slip road at Bannockburn when police received a second phone call on Wednesday morning.
Ms Bell was taken to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and put on life support, but her family confirmed on Sunday that she had died.
The couple leave a nine-year-old daughter and five-year-old son.

Earlier this week, Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House gave details about how the blunder had happened and apologised for "failing both families".
He said that for reasons "yet to be established" the initial phone call to police on Sunday was not logged on a police computer, which meant officers on the ground were not alerted.
Hours after Ms Lamara's death was confirmed, Scotland's Justice Secretary Michael Matheson revealed he had told police to carry out an "urgent review of all police call handling in Scotland".
This will be in addition to an independent review by the police investigations and review commissioner, under the direction of the Crown Office.
Her father, Ossie Dinnefash, led tributes on Facebook, writing: "My beautiful purple haired girl past away this morning."
After the police error came to light Ms Bell's mother Diane Bell told Sky News that she was "really angry, annoyed (and) disgusted" with the police.
The family of Mr Yuill, 28, who was driving, said of Ms Bell's death: "We are devastated by the sad news this morning.
"The families have messaged each other this morning and our thoughts are with John and Lamara's children at this very sad time."
Chief Constable Sir Stephen House said: "On behalf of Police Scotland, we are all deeply saddened by the news of Lamara Bell's death... and I would personally like to express my deepest sympathies to her family and friends for their loss."