Police wrongly told parents their teenage son died in car crash
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Police wrongly told parents their teenage son died in car crash
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"The family of a teenager badly injured in a car crash were wrongly told that he had died after police mixed him up with the actual victim. South Yorkshire Police have referred themselves to the police watchdog over their identification process following their handling of the collision in Rotherham. A 17-year-old girl was killed in the crash on Todwick Road on 13 December. But officers also told the relatives of Trevor Wynn, 17, that he had died."
The Independent covers reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and relies on donations to fund reporters while keeping coverage free of paywalls. The outlet highlights investigations such as the financials of political PACs and documentaries on American women fighting for reproductive rights. In Rotherham, a crash on Todwick Road killed a 17-year-old girl and led to a mistaken identification that resulted in a family being wrongly informed that their relative had died. Forensic procedures later established that Trevor Wynn was the injured survivor and Joshua Johnson was the deceased. South Yorkshire Police have referred themselves to the watchdog, arrests were made, and specialist support will be offered to families and the surviving victim.
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