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Father 'couldn't comprehend' fatal crash ID error
Police said a mix-up over personal items wrongly told one family their son had survived, before dental records corrected the record.
- On Monday, separate inquests in Doncaster concluded that 18-year-old Joshua Johnson was unlawfully killed and 17-year-old driver Summer Louise Scott died following a December 13 crash near Rotherham.
- Provisional driver Scott lost control of her Toyota Corolla on Todwick Road while traveling at 95 mph, causing the vehicle to strike a tree after becoming airborne.
- South Yorkshire Police mistakenly identified front-seat passenger Trevor Wynn as the deceased, leaving Johnson's parents spending weeks at the hospital believing they were sitting with their son, who was actually dead.
- Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane apologized Monday for the 'unimaginable consequences' caused by the misidentification, as the force reviewed processes and implemented new guidance from the College of Policing.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation remains at an 'advanced stage,' with officials expecting the review to conclude in the coming weeks.
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Great Yorkshire RadioFamily of teenager misidentified in deadly crash 'felt they had two deaths', inquest hears
Lee Johnson and his family sat at the bedside of seriously injured Trevor Wynn for three weeks, after police said he was their child. But their son Joshua had not survived the crash.
·United Kingdom
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Dad spent three weeks at wrong teen’s bedside before learning son had died
Joshua Johnson, 18, and Summer Louise Scott, 17, died when a Toyota Corolla left the road at Todwick, near Rotherham, while another passenger was initially misidentified as the male who had died.
·London, United Kingdom
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Father of teenager misidentified in crash ‘couldn’t comprehend it’, court told
A father who only found out his son had died three weeks after he was in a car crash due to a police identification error “couldn’t comprehend it” and feels his family has been through two deaths, an inquest has heard.
·Leeds, United Kingdom
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