IOPC says no direct police contact or stinger use before A66 crash
The police watchdog says there was no direct police contact and no stinger was used before the A66 crash, which killed two police officers and five young men.
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The Independent Office for Police Conduct has said there was no direct police contact and no stinger was used before the A66 crash that killed seven people.
The crash killed two police officers and five young men. The IOPC said it was aware of speculation about how the collision happened and moved to address it. It said there was no suggestion the collision was the result of any direct police conduct. It also said a stinger was not used by police in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
The watchdog said it had updated the families of those involved. It is still trying to piece together the chain of events that led to the crash. Two expert reports are currently underway as part of that work.
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| Claim | Sky News |
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| The IOPC said no stinger was used by police in an attempt to stop the person concerned. | |
| The IOPC said there is no suggestion the collision resulted from direct police conduct. | |
| The IOPC said two expert reports are currently underway. |
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Sky News treated the IOPC update as a short breaking news item, dropped into its Labour Party conference coverage. It focused on the watchdog's attempt to knock down speculation: no direct police conduct, no stinger, and no direct contact. It noted the families had been updated and two expert reports were under way, but gave no wider detail on the crash.
- “Just to bring you a bit of breaking news, this is regarding the crash on the A66, which killed two police officers and five young men.”
- “there is no suggestion that the collision was the result of any direct police conduct, nor was a stinger used by the police in an attempt to stop the pass out.”
- “They have two expert reports that are currently underway.”
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- 16:16 BST
Independent Office for Police Conduct, the independent office for police conduct
“We have heard an update from the IOPC, the independent office for police conduct.”
Sky News Today with Jayne Secker · Tue 29 Sept
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