Tamzin Hall, 17, was hit by a vehicle after she got out of a police car and crossed the motorway.
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.
Samantha Marsh, senior coroner for Somerset, said background information considered as part of the inquiry would include “Tamzin’s presentation, with regard to any potential mental health history”. Coroner’s officer Ben Batley told the hearing: “Tamzin was a passenger under arrest in a police vehicle travelling on the northbound carriageway on the M5 when it stopped for reasons yet to be established.”
“Her injuries were not survivable and Tamzin was declared deceased where she was found on the motorway,” he said. Mr Batley said a post-mortem examination gave a provisional cause of death as head, neck and chest injuries pending further investigations.
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