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Man, 18, Hit by Car on Motorway Was Tasered Before Death
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is examining police use of force after an 18-year-old was Tasered and fatally struck by a vehicle on a motorway hard shoulder.
- On Tuesday, Logan Smith, 18, from Weston-super-Mare, died on the M5 after being tasered by a police officer and struck by a car.
- Ambulance staff stopped on the hard shoulder at 11pm on November 30 after concerns about Logan Smith and called Avon and Somerset Police when he left the vehicle.
- Emergency medical crews gave first aid but Mr Smith died at the scene; he has been formally identified and a post-mortem examination carried out ahead of a future inquest.
- The force confirmed it made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and will cooperate; Avon and Somerset Police Assistant Chief Constable Joanne Hall said welfare arrangements support officers and ambulance crews.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct said investigators are gathering evidence and have taken initial accounts from the officer and ambulance staff as part of an investigation into Avon and Somerset Police's actions after Mr Smith's death.
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Teenager who got out of ambulance was Tasered before being killed by car
Logan Smith, 18, from Weston-super-Mare, died in the incident.
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Teenager who was killed by car after getting out of an ambulance on M5 was tasered by police before crash
A teenager that was killed on the M5 in Somerset last year was tasered before the fatal crash, The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has revealed
·London, United Kingdom
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