Was Smithman on his way to the Luz Medical Centre?

[misty]

To make a call you have to know the name and the number and have access to a phone.  Then the phone has to be answered.  Then there is the delay to come, where did the doctor have to come from?

How do you suppose Smithman knew about LuzDoc & where it was?

[misty]

So he would have had a record of the phone number from the treatment receipt for insurance purposes? LuzDoc is a private International medical service.

[Robittybob1]

So he would have had a record of the phone number from the treatment receipt for insurance purposes? LuzDoc is a private International medical service.

He may have but did he have that with him?  I get receipts and they get lost within the hour.

[misty]

He may have but did he have that with him?  I get receipts and they get lost within the hour.

Had he been to LuzDoc before, Smithman would not have walked in the opposite direction of the front door.

[Robittybob1]

Had he been to LuzDoc before, Smithman would not have walked in the opposite direction of the front door.

It might have been his wife who went there before

[ShiningInLuz]

Where to start on this one?

Smithman was in the middle of the road, according to Peter Smith, as they passed.

And according to Martin Smith, who was standing on the pavement right by LuzDoc, Smithman was still walking in the middle of the road.  I.e. he was not checking LuzDoc.

Notice on the evidence turned up earlier in the thread, LuzDoc's 24hr emergency number was 917811988.  That's a mobile number (which makes sense) and the same evidence shows the LuzDoc landline as 282whatever.

Depending on which flavour of Smithman you are sucking, you have to solve...

1 How Smithman knew LuzDoc was there.
2 Why Smithman thought LuzDoc operated 24hrs on-site.
3 Why Smithman didn't stay where he was, ring the LuzDoc emergency number, and get the doctor to come to him.
4 Why Smithman didn't ring 112 and get an ambulance to the hospital in Lagos or Portimão.  Or get someone to ring for him.
5 If the issue was that LuzDoc was closed, why did Smithman not simply turn around and head back to base?  Why head onwards?

The only relevance of LuzDoc is the sign above the front door that adds a small amount of fluorescent light into the scene as viewed by Peter, Martin and Aoife.

[Robittybob1]

Pegasus said he then went beyond DocLuz into the path toward a row of what looks like flats
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[mercury]

Where to start on this one?

Smithman was in the middle of the road, according to Peter Smith, as they passed.

And according to Martin Smith, who was standing on the pavement right by LuzDoc, Smithman was still walking in the middle of the road.  I.e. he was not checking LuzDoc.

Notice on the evidence turned up earlier in the thread, LuzDoc's 24hr emergency number was 917811988.  That's a mobile number (which makes sense) and the same evidence shows the LuzDoc landline as 282whatever.

Depending on which flavour of Smithman you are sucking, you have to solve...

1 How Smithman knew LuzDoc was there.
2 Why Smithman thought LuzDoc operated 24hrs on-site.
3 Why Smithman didn't stay where he was, ring the LuzDoc emergency number, and get the doctor to come to him.
4 Why Smithman didn't ring 112 and get an ambulance to the hospital in Lagos or Portimão.  Or get someone to ring for him.
5 If the issue was that LuzDoc was closed, why did Smithman not simply turn around and head back to base?  Why head onwards?

The only relevance of LuzDoc is the sign above the front door that adds a small amount of fluorescent light into the scene as viewed by Peter, Martin and Aoife.

1-4 can be answered by he was local and lived near enough to dash there instead of waiting for an ambulance
5 is bit more difficult to answer unless there was a pharmacy or someone he thought could help

[Robittybob1]

1-4 can be answered by he was local and lived near enough to dash there instead of waiting for an ambulance
5 is bit more difficult to answer unless there was a pharmacy or someone he thought could help

5  is my pick.

[pegasus]

An innocent father with his own daughter - that's my pick.
It was obvious from the start that JTman was an innocent father with his own daughter.
I'm predicting the same about Smithman.
 

[John]

To make a call you have to know the name and the number and have access to a phone.  Then the phone has to be answered.  Then there is the delay to come, where did the doctor have to come from?

I would hazard a guess that any doctor under contract to a 24-hour clinic would be available locally.

[John]

Where is the main front door, John? Did Smithman walk towards it?

He didn't have to as he would have seen through the side windows and the disabled access door that the office was closed.

[John]

Pegasus said he then went beyond DocLuz into the path toward a row of what looks like flats
TV Das Escardinhas

Yes, due south down the steps the Smiths had just come up.

[Robittybob1]

Yes, due south down the steps the Smiths had just come up.

Who lived in that area?  Who was staying in that area?

[Mr Gray]

If you hit and killed a child in the dark you have several choices.  Blind panic has a tendency to take over and especially if you are driving illegally.

Would you go about shouting or lift the child and carry them off?

the idea of hitting and killing a child is totally ridiculous