{"id":99212,"date":"2025-05-13T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99212\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:40:09","slug":"driver-dies-after-being-stopped-by-police-in-oswestry-town-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99212\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after being stopped by police in Oswestry town centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A driver has died after being stopped by police in a town centre where he then collapsed and became unresponsive<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Willow-Street-Oswestry.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps street view of a section of Willow Street in Oswestry \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A driver has died after being asked to stop by police in Willow Street in Oswestry when he then stepped out of his car and collapsed and did not recover (Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man has died after being stopped by police on a Shropshire street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The man was driving a car when he was asked to pull over in Willow Street in the centre of Oswestry at around 2pm on Tuesday (May 13).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The driver then stopped his vehicle, got out and collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The man then collapsed and became unresponsive and despite being given CPR before ambulance medics attended, he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/armed-police-birmingham-erdington-breaking-31635860\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Armed police surround city street following &#8216;suspicious vehicle&#8217; chase<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Mercia Police has now said it has referred itself to its professional standards department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And a further referral will be made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement, a spokesperson for the force said: \u201cEarlier this afternoon (Tuesday 13 May) at around 2pm police indicated for a vehicle to pull over on Willow Street in Oswestry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe driver stopped the vehicle and got out, where he collapsed and became unconscious and unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cDespite the best efforts of emergency workers, including officers at the scene who carried out CPR prior to the ambulance service attending, the man was sadly pronounced dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/stolen-bmw-crashes-car-birmingham-31633087\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stolen BMW crashes with car as police hunt runaway driver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The statement continued: \u201cThe incident has been referred to our professional standards department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAnd a referral will be made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver has died after being stopped by police in a town centre where he then collapsed and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,12609,16,15,16556],"class_list":{"0":"post-99212","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-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-shropshire","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-mercia-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114502934578833598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99212","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=99212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}