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Stephen Topping & Gemma Ryder

Police officer who left teen in 'vegetative state' from dangerous driving jailed

A police officer has been jailed for leaving a teenage boy with catastrophic injuries when she crashed her patrol car into him.

Sarah De Meulemeester, 26, was responding to an emergency call regarding a suspect carrying a knife when she drove at speeds of up to 61mph on 30mph roads in wet conditions through Stockport on Boxing Day 2020.

Manchester Evening News reports that the PC crashed into Khia Whitehead who was 15-year-old at the time leaving him paralysed and with severe brain injuries.

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