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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Girl, 17, who died after being hit by car on M5 had fled police vehicle

Avon and Somerset police said no one else was injured in the collision.
Avon and Somerset police said no one else was injured in the collision. Photograph: Google earth

A teenage girl who was killed by a car while on foot on the M5 had fled a police vehicle before she was struck, it has emerged.

Avon and Somerset police initially said the motorway was closed between Bridgwater and Taunton in Somerset after the fatal collision involving a pedestrian and a car at 11pm on Monday.

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