Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a 17-year-old girl died after fleeing a police vehicle, the watchdog has announced. Tamzin Hall, 17, from Wellington, Somerset, sustained fatal injuries when she was struck by a car on the M5, between Taunton and Bridgwater shortly after 23:00 GMT on 11 November.

A 17-year-old girl who died after fleeing a police vehicle on the M5 motorway had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, her mother has said.

A 17-year-old girl who died after fleeing a police vehicle and being struck by a car on a motorway was under arrest at the time, an inquest heard. Tamzin Ellen Hall was being taken to a custody suite in Bridgwater by two officers in an Avon and Somerset Police car from an address in Taunton, Somerset.

Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices following the death of a teenager who fled from custody and was killed on the M5 motorway in Somerset. Tamzin Hall, 17, died after being struck by a car on the southbound carriageway of the M5 between Taunton and Bridgwater shortly after 11pm on November 11.

Tamzin Hall, 17, died at about 11pm on Monday after being hit by a car on the M5 between junctions 24 Bridgwater and 25 near Taunton in Somerset

Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a 17-year-old girl escaped from a police car and died on the M5 in Somerset, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.