An officer faces a death by dangerous driving charge after Heather Smedley's death in Oldham in 2022.
A police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a mum was killed when her vehicle was hit by an unmarked police car.
Police constable Mark Burrows of Greater Manchester Police has been charged after the force referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct .An IOPC spokesperson said Mr Burrows had been pursuing what was believed to be a stolen Audi at about 10:00 GMT in the unmarked police car. The mother-of-three died at the scene despite the treatment from paramedics and the arrival of an air ambulance.
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