Police officer, 19, died after being hit by car while closing road
Quick Look
- A 19-year-old Northumbria Police officer, PC Jess Turnbull, died after being struck by a car while closing a road following a previous crash.
- The incident occurred on the A189 Spine Road in Cramlington, Northumberland, on June 8th, and she sustained catastrophic injuries, passing away two days later in hospital.
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Why It Matters
A 19-year-old police officer died after being hit by a car while on duty closing a road following a previous crash. The inquest heard she was deployed to implement a road closure when her stationary police car was hit by another vehicle.
A 19-year-old police officer who died after she was hit by a car while on duty was closing a road following a previous crash, a coroner has said.
An inquest in Morpeth was told Northumbria PC Jess Turnbull suffered "catastrophic injuries" when she was struck by a vehicle in Cramlington, Northumberland, on 8 June.
She died in hospital two days later.
The young officer had been sent to the scene of a crash involving a Land Rover Freelander and a Ford Explorer on the A189 Spine Road but was injured when a black Mercedes crashed into a marked police car.
The inquest at County Hall heard PC Turnbull was originally deployed to the scene with a colleague after a report of the crash on the southbound A189 to implement a road closure.
The two officers arrived on the scene at 23:26 BST.
Eight minutes later when she was outside the stationary police car, it was hit by another vehicle and PC Turnbull was injured.
Open Questions
- What was the cause of the initial crash?
- What led to the Mercedes crashing into the police car?
- What are the findings of the ongoing inquest?
