Quite simply superb writing from Inspector Gadget.

This is the worst kind of drama for us. It’s the kind where we have arrived before the other emergency services, specifically, before the paramedics. The officers from the response team are trying to save lives and calm the shattered pleas from relatives who were in the car behind and saw it all.

It's one of the ways I can tell if someone has been seriously hurt at a police incident, the coppers look worried.