Family of teen killed in crash to meet US driver’s lawyers

The wife of a US diplomat involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager has promised to co-­operate with the investigation.

Mother of Harry Dunn, Charlotte Charles (L) arrives for a meeting with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on October 9, 2019 in London, England. Picture: Getty

The wife of a US diplomat involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager has broken her silence to promise she will co-­operate with the investigation into his death.

Her lawyers are to meet his family in the US shortly.

Anne Sacoolas, 42, who is believed to have been covered by diplomatic immunity because her husband, Jonathan Sacoolas, is a CIA officer, left Britain after the accident.

On Sunday, the Foreign Office said diplomatic immunity was no longer relevant because she had now returned to the US. Any potential charges would be a matter for the police, it added.

Her lawyers said she had “fully co-operated” with the police, but did not say whether she would return to Britain.

Harry Dunn

Harry Dunn, 19, was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by a Volvo driving on the wrong side of the road near the RAF base at Croughton in Northamptonshire in August.

Ms Sacoolas is accused of being the driver.

Anne Sacoolas. Picture: SKY

Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Charles, said the last time she saw her son alive she was driving home from work and he rode past on his motorbike.

“I put my hand up and I smiled to myself and thought, ‘I will see you in a couple of hours’. The next time I saw him was a few hours later, but he was lying dead in the hospital.”

She said he had saved up to buy a £700 helmet. After the accident, his face was unscathed, despite his body being crushed.

“Thank goodness he paid out all that money because he still looked beautiful. There was not as much as a scratch on his face,” she said.

Last week, Ms Sacoolas was backed by Donald Trump. Ms Sacoolas has now said she would like to meet Harry’s parents so she can express “her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Ms Sacoolas to come back to Britain but the US has insisted she will not do so.

Her lawyers said Ms Sacoolas had co-operated with the police and would continue to do so.

The Sunday Times