Bristol crash: Officer charged after woman seriously injured
A police officer has been charged with dangerous driving after a woman was seriously injured in a crash.Avon and Somerset Police's PC Daniel Fortune, 41, was on Bristol's A4 Portway, driving to a incident, when the Volvo XC90 passed through a red light and collided with a car being driven by a member of the public.The woman driver sustained serious injuries and the passenger in the Volvo was also injured.PC Fortune will appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated the incident in May and then referred its report to the Crown Prosecution Service.
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