Age: 54
Sex: female
Date: 4 Dec 1985
Place: Borough Road, Birkenhead
Joan Beryl Fowle was knocked down whilst she was crossing Borough Road in Birkenhead in the early hours of 4 December 1985.
She had just been to a dance at the Kingsland Restaurant and had been crossing the road with her husband when she was hit by a fast moving car. She was carried along by the car for some distance before she fell off. The car then sped off towards Chester.
The police identified a suspect and the Coroner instructed that papers be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a charge of causing death by careless driving. However, the Director of Public Prosecutiond declined to prosecute. When the Coroner heard of that he said that he regretted that he had not initiated proceedings. He said:
An open verdict was recorded.
Joan Fowle had lived in Ringway, Neston.
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see Liverpool Echo - Friday 18 July 1986