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Farid Farid

'Our hearts are broken': family, force farewell officer

Mia Lay's colleagues, including partner Daniel Vasquez (right), carry her casket from the church. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Donning blue and white checked ribbons, hundreds of mourners have packed a cathedral to farewell Constable Mia Lay after she was killed in a horrific crash.

The 20-year-old rookie cop had been with NSW Police for only 16 months when the patrol car she was a passenger in crashed into a tree, on September 25 in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, while en route to a job.

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