British coroner criticizes US government over death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn in 2019

LONDON (AP) — A British coroner has criticized the U.S. government over a lack of training for diplomatic personnel at the conclusion of an inquest into a road accident in August 2019. A teenage motorcyclist was killed by a U.S. government employee. Northamptonshire coroner Anne Pember recorded at the end of a four-day inquiry on Thursday that the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn as being as a result of “injuries sustained during a head-on collision” with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. The driver, Anne Sacoolas, had admitted to police two months after the accident that she “drove like an American.” Sacoolas pleaded guilty in 2022 and was given an eight-month suspended sentence.