Vehicle Carrying A Royal Reportedly ‘Just Drove Off’ After Crash

A Birmingham resident is now locked in an insurance row after her car sustained some damage due to a car accident last year. Gill Walker, 59, was driving her Peugeot 107 on Bristol Road during rush hour when a 4x4 hit her car right after she changed lanes. Walker said that other vehicle just drove off and that it carried a royal on board, who is now believed to be Sophie, Countess of Wessex.

However, Walker said that the police are now placing the blame on her. Thankfully, the incident was all recorded on her car’s dashcam to prove otherwise. “The police are saying it’s all my fault,” Gill Walker said. “But the dashcam footage shows I’ve clearly got into the lane and they have hit me.”

Based on the dashcam footage, the incident took place on Nov. 13, 2018, at 6:24 p.m. However, she was not able to get the other party’s insurance details because the other vehicle just sped away after it happened. “My insurance company asked ‘Did you get the driver’s name?’” Walker said. “And I said ‘They didn’t stop!’”

According to the Birmingham resident, there was a second 4x4 with blue flashing lights that pulled over. The officers on the second vehicle informed her that there was a member of the British royal family on board the first vehicle.

“There’s a Royal on board, they’re not allowed to stop,” Walker narrated what the officer told her. She also tried to inquire about the identity of the royal. “I’m not obliged to say,” the officer replied.

Many believe that the royal passenger of the first 4x4 might be the Countess of Wessex as she was at Birmingham on that day to open the first military and civilian wound center of its kind in Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Her attendance to the event was even documented on the royal family’s Twitter account.

The incident was likewise confirmed by a West Midlands Police spokesman who said that one of its vehicles “was involved in a collision with a third party vehicle during a police operation, resulting in damage to both vehicles as they travelled along a three-lane carriageway.”

The spokesperson likewise revealed why the first vehicle did not stop. “Due to operational reasons and force protocol, the vehicle did not stop, but another vehicle in convoy behind the damaged car did stop, and details were exchanged with the third party for insurance purposes,” he explained.