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A van driver died in a crash in Lindridge Road in Sutton Coldfield after ‘failing to stop’ for police (Image: Google )<\/p>\nWest Midlands Police is under investigation after a van driver died in a crash in Sutton ColdfieldA van driver died in a crash in Lindridge Road in Sutton Coldfield after ‘failing to stop’ for police (Image: Google )<\/p>\n
The UK police watchdog has launched a probe into West Midlands Police’s conduct after a van driver died in a crash in Sutton Coldfield.<\/p>\n
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it was told by the force that a Volkswagen van driver had ‘failed to stop’ <\/a>for officers on patrol at around 11.40pm on Thursday, May 22.<\/p>\n It said the vehicle later overturned at the junction of Lindridge Road<\/a> and Springfield Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Van driver dies in Sutton Coldfield crash after failing to stop for police<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The van driver, a 35-year-old man, was given CPR by officers at the scene before paramedics arrived at began giving treatment.<\/p>\n He was pronounced dead at the scene<\/a> a short time later.<\/p>\n West Midlands Police<\/a> referred itself to the IOPC following the incident.<\/p>\n The police watchdog said it was in the early stages of its investigation into the force’s conduct.<\/p>\n An IOPC spokesperson told BirminghamLive this morning: \u201cWe have begun an investigation into the actions of West Midlands Police<\/a> prior to a fatal road collision in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We understand that, at around 11.40pm on May 22, a Volkswagen van failed to stop for a mobile patrol in Sutton Coldfield<\/a> and soon afterwards overturned at the junction of Lindridge Road and Springfield Road.<\/p>\n “An ambulance attended and the van driver, a man in his 30s, was treated by paramedics but sadly his death was confirmed a short time later.<\/p>\n \u201cOur investigation follows a referral from West Midlands Police and is in its very early stages.<\/p>\n “Our sympathies are with the family of the man who died and we will be in contact with them to explain our role and how our inquiries will be progressed.\u201d<\/p>\n A spokesman for West Midlands Police<\/a> previously said: \u201cA man has died following a collision in Sutton Coldfield<\/a> late last night.<\/p>\n “The 35-year-old man was the driver of a van which failed to stop for officers moments before crashing in Lindridge Road near to the junction of Springfield Road, just before midnight last night.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite the best efforts of the officers – who began CPR before ambulance colleagues arrived – the man sadly died a short time later.<\/p>\n \u201cThe road was closed while emergency services and investigators established the circumstances of the collision.<\/p>\n \u201cThe matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) as is normal procedure.<\/p>\n \u201cAnyone with information or dash cam footage can contact us via Live Chat on our website or by calling 101 quoting log 6015 of 22 May.<\/p>\n \u201cOr contact the team directly by emailing: sciu@westmidlands.police.uk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police is under investigation after a van driver died in a crash in Sutton ColdfieldA van…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,7829,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-128980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-sutton-coldfield","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114564893514383179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}