(As distinct from being killed stone alive.)
A Londonderry woman, who was captured on camera being left in a bus lay-by by two police officers while incapacitated, has called for the officers to be sacked.
Bridget Mongan, 23, admits being drunk at the time, but said the officers should have left her on the pavement.
"My boyfriend was arrested and I got a bit upset," said Ms Mongan.
"I could have been killed stone dead.
Because being killed can result in you being left in some other condition, of course. Ahem.
"I don't remember how I ended up lying on the road. I don't remember a whole lot," she added.
That stands to reason, I guess.
Assuming the officers did in fact leave Mongan floundering around in a drunken stupor at a bus stop, I’m surprised they’d be willing to take the risk. As well as potentially committing an offence under the Irish equivalent of the Road Traffic Act by causing danger to other road users, it’s also very likely that the officers would be exposing themselves (and their employers) to civil liability through claims for negligence.
Handcuffing her to a lamppost while she ‘slept it off’ would have been a much safer bet.
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