the relatives of 51—year—old paul mullen from washington on wearside are quickly located and informedbut the couple in the other car are much harder to identify. i've got the engine... we knew that there was people within that vehicle that had perished in that fire, in the worst set of circumstances. the driver of the car and her partner are named as elaine sullivan and david daglish, both in their 50s and from seaham in county durham. one of the family pets sadly died at the scene, and we had that... the dog had a chip in it. and we got most of our identity of the people involved due to the chip that we had scanned off the vet. so, not only are we going to somebody's house and letting them know that their loved ones have died, we're getting this information, a chip in an animal that's also laid dead in the road. it was horrendous. it was absolutely horrendous. the focus of the investigation now turns to how the crash happened. and in my mind, there's either been a mechanical defect and the vehicle wouldn't stop. has he fallen asleep, the driver? or has he been distracted? and when we

the relatives of 51—year—old paul mullen, from washington on wearside, are quickly located and informedto the chip that we had scanned off the vet. so, not only are we going to somebody�*s house and letting them know that their loved ones have died, we're getting this information — a chip in an animal that's also laid dead in the road. it was horrendous. it was absolutely horrendous. the focus of the investigation now turns to how the crash happened. in my mind, there's either been a mechanical defect and the vehicle wouldn't stop, has he fallen asleep, the driver? or has he been distracted? and when we get to the scene and have a look at that, it's something in my 20—year police career that was just different to anything else. it was just... it would make the hairs on your arm stand on end. it's awful. to think that somebody has been able to just plough through them vehicles, setting people on fire, and just ruining lives in an instant. the next day, onut is interviewed by the police. he's been told by his lawyer not to talk. you said, "everything slowed down so quick, "i couldn't slow