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(Picture: PA Archive)The Met needs to clarify its blue lights policy after an officer fatally crashed into a charity worker while chasing a suspect without his siren or lights on, a coroner has said.
PC Daniel Francis crashed into 23-year-old Andrew Brown in Hounslow on Bonfire Night 2019 while speeding at 61 mph to catch a suspect. He swerved and applied his brakes but was travelling too fast to avoid hitting Mr Brown as he crossed the road.
