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Sophie Doughty

Bike passenger Muriel Pinkney, 74, dies in hospital after Dunston collision between police car and motorcycle

A 74-year-old motorbike passenger has died in hospital after a collision with a police car.

Muriel Pinkney was seriously injured in the incident, which happened in Gateshead almost two weeks ago.

The bike she was on is thought to have been involved in a collision with a Northumbria Police car that was responding to an emergency, on a slip road between the A1 and Dunston, near the MetroCentre.

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