Police officer, 19, dies from crash injuries

A 19-year-old constabulary serviceman wounded successful a clang portion responding to a study of a abstracted collision has died of her injuries.

Northumbria Police said Jess Turnbull was a "dedicated and committed" serviceman who had joined the unit successful September.

She had been sent to the country of a clang involving a Land Rover Freelander and Ford Explorer connected the A189 Spine Road successful Cramlington astatine 23:10 BST connected Monday, but was injured erstwhile a achromatic Mercedes CLC crashed into a marked constabulary car. Turnbull died successful infirmary connected Wednesday.

A 73-year-old antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by unsafe driving and released connected bail.

Paying tribute to the officer, Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine said: "She had truthful overmuch inactive to look guardant to successful her vocation and her life.

"She was a dedicated and committed serviceman who ever sought to bash her champion to support her communities safe."

The archetypal clang saw the Ford permission the roadworthy and the occupants of the Land Rover fly the country connected ft earlier constabulary arrived.

No superior injuries were reported astatine that point.

Then the achromatic Mercedes CLC collided with a marked constabulary car, injuring Turnbull, and the operator was arrested initially connected suspicion of causing superior wounded by unsafe driving.

Confirming Turnbull's death, Jardine said: "Our thoughts precise overmuch proceed to beryllium with her family, friends, and each those that person been impacted by this devastating loss.

"We are mourning the passing of not lone a workfellow and a friend, but besides our ain household member."