Harry Dunn's parents call on Trump to intervene over fatal crash: 'What if it was your child?'

The parents of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old killed in a crash caused by the wife of a US intelligence official in Britain, have called on Donald Trump to intervene in their search for justice, appealing to his fatherhood in asking what he would do if tragedy were to befall his own son.

In an emotional press conference in Manhattan just blocks away from the president's famed Trump Tower, Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles — Dunn's separated parents — promised to pursue justice for their son, seven weeks after he was killed in a nighttime crash that has now sparked a scandal that spans the Atlantic and opened up questions about privilege and immunity in international relations.

Mr Dunn, when asked what he might say to Mr Trump if he had the chance, referenced the president's five children, which include a 13-year-old boy.

"I would just say to him, as a man as a father ... just to see, how could you let this happen? If you’re a father and your child had died, surely you would want that person to own up and take the responsibility of their own actions. That’s all it is," Mr Dunn said.

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