Police officer leaves colleague in coma after high-speed horror smash
05.09.2023 - 09:31
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A police officer left one colleague in a coma and another unable to return to work after smashing into another patrol car. Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (September 5) that Ashleigh McAdams hit another Merseyside Police car which was responding to a separate emergency incident.
The 31-year-old had been driving a marked Peugeot 308 at speeds of up to 81mph through the streets of Liverpool and slowed to 29mph as she proceeded through a red light. But prosecutors said she failed to give way properly before her car was hit by a Kia, driven by PC Gary Carson, as he drove towards the city centre in response to another 999 call.
The horror smash left one of McAdams' colleagues in intensive care with a bleed on the brain and comatose for days, the Liverpool Echo reports. Another officer involved has been unable to return to the frontline after more than two decades' service.
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The court heard McAdams, of Tower Street, Brunswick Dock, was driving with PC Charlotte Waters as her passenger when their car "collided at speed" with another police car shortly after midnight on July 11 last year. Ben Berkson, prosecuting, described how both had their emergency lights and sirens activated while rushing to separate incidents.
The Kia driven by PC Carson, with PC Mark Lockett as his passenger, was en-route to a burglary and travelling along West Derby Road in the direction of Liverpool city centre at speeds of between 60 and 70mph. McAdams meanwhile was driving on Green Lane, heading towards Tuebrook, at up to 81mph but slowing to 29mph before proceeding through a red light at the junction with the A5049.
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