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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Teenager was Tasered by police before being killed by car on M5

The M5 in Somerset
The M5 in Somerset. Logan Smith died after being hit by a car heading south near Weston-super-Mare. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A teenager who got out of an ambulance on a motorway hard shoulder was Tasered by police before being hit and killed by a car, official watchdogs have said.

Logan Smith, 18, was being taken to hospital when the ambulance pulled off the northbound carriageway of the M5 in Somerset because paramedics were concerned. The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Smith left the ambulance near the junction for Weston-super-Mare and walked on to the live lanes of the motorway.

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