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BBC News
03-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
PC ran red light and caused serious Bristol crash
A police officer has avoided jail for causing a crash which left a member of the public with serious injuries, which she is still recovering from almost two years Daniel Fortune, of Avon and Somerset Police, drove through a red light at speed while responding to a 999 call in an unmarked police car on Bristol's A4 Portway on 6 September driver of the vehicle he crashed into was seriously injured and a passenger in Fortune's Volvo XC90 was also 41, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday. The officer was also banned from driving for a Supt Larisa Hunt, head of Avon and Somerset Police's professional standards department, said: "The collision left a woman with very serious injuries from which she's still recovering and our thoughts are with her."Police officers are expected at all times to follow national and local guidance, and their training, when responding to emergency incidents."She added that an accelerated misconduct hearing would be held later this was charged following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which then referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- BBC News
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 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 woman driver sustained serious injuries and the passenger in the Volvo was also 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.
