2 Die in Crash Amid Traffic Caused by Climate Protest: ‘They’ve Got Blood on Their Hands’

Climate-change protesters caused the deaths of two British women when traffic delays kept first responders from reaching them, according to another victim of the accident that killed the women.

According to The Sun, Lisa Webber, described as a mother of four children, and Dr. Habiba Hajallie, the mother of one child, were killed in a crash linked to protests by Just Stop Oil in which two of the group’s members scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford Crossing. The bridge spans the Thames River and connects Kent with Essex.

The crash took place on the M20 highway, which was being used as an alternative to the bridge, which had been closed to traffic by the protest.

Van driver Mark Heap, who along with Webber had pulled over to assist Hajallje, whose car had crashed, sustained broken vertebrae and a broken leg.

He said the protesters “may not have intended to hurt anyone, but they’ve got blood on their hands now,” according to The Sun.

“Their actions, bringing the traffic to a stand-still on the M20, caused the crash in which those two women died,” he said, according to the Daily Mail.

“Without the protest the emergency services might have been able to get there in time to save the women,” he told the Sun

In explaining the crash to the Daily Mail, he said he and Webber were trying to help Hajallje when a BMW crossed multiple lanes of traffic and struck the three people.