Mr. Eddie Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable regarding the circumstances leading to a number of young people being seriously injured, necessitating detention in hospital, whilst participating in a 30 miles sponsored charity walk held in Sheffield on Saturday and Sunday 26th-27th April 1969.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe Chief Constable informs me that about 1,750 young persons took part in a charity walk in aid of The Christian Aid Society and sponsored by the Sheffield Council of Churches which started in the centre of Sheffield at 11.45 p.m. on 26th April, and followed a route of some 30 miles through the city suburbs. At about 6.25 a.m. on 27th April, a group of the walkers was hit by a car which was coming in the opposite direction which mounted the footpath. Five girls, and also a motor cyclist who was hit by the car and the driver of the car, were admitted to hospital. Police inquiries into the accident are not yet complete.