South Yorkshire police told wrong family teenager had died in crash

Force refers itself to police watchdog over mistake in identifying two boys, one who survived and one who died, in December collisionThe family of a teenager badly injured in a car crash were told that he had died after a mistake in identifying him and another victim, police have said.South Yorkshire police said it had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over the mis-identification, which happened after a serious collision on Todwick Road in Rotherham on 13 December. Continue reading...