I meet the Police Vehicle Inspector

I meet the Police Vehicle Inspector
On Wednesday 28 Sept I met the Police Vehicle Inspector who inspected the land-rover for the police investigation. He confirmed that the front drivers side wheel had come off and caused the accident. The land-rover wheel is made of two pressed steel pieces, the central one is shaped like a soup bowl with a flat bottom, the flat bottom fits to the hub with the usual 5 studs, while the edges of this bowl fit to the outer rim pressing and is secured by large rivets. These rivets are on the inside of the wheel when mounted so cannot be seen. In our case the rivets must have come loose to cause the wheel to come off. When the wheel came off the prop-shaft dropped to hit the road and the impact caused the rear wheel mountings to shear and the whole drive train came off. On the return journey we saw the remains of the land-rover in the police compound at Awasi, one very battered body with separate wheels lying in front, the faulty front wheel is in the back of the land-rover.
Amazingly this is directly opposite the place where Patrick and the Awasi fundis are based (see previous post). They came to see us to commiserate and offer any assistance. The remains are quite safe in the police compound especially with our fundi friends on hand.
I have a copy of the police vehicle investigation report and a copy of the police abstract of the accident both of which we need for the insurance company.