A14 crash: Teenager dies after being hit by three vehicles including police car and ambulance

Fatal crash: A teenager has died after being hit by three vehicles on the A14: PA Archive/PA Images
Fatal crash: A teenager has died after being hit by three vehicles on the A14: PA Archive/PA Images

A teenager has died after being hit by a police car, another car and an ambulance on a busy A-road.

The crash happened on the westbound carriageway of the A14 in Suffolk at about 4.35am on Sunday.

A car, followed by a police vehicle and then an ambulance, were all involved in the collision with a man who was in the road, Suffolk Police said.

The man, believed to be 19 and from the local area, died at the scene near Rougham.

Police said neither the police car nor the ambulance were responding to an emergency at the time and were not travelling on "blue light" runs.

The police vehicle was taking a person under arrest to custody and the ambulance had a patient on board

No one in either of the vehicles, or the other car involved, was injured.

Suffolk Police have informed the Independent Office for Police Conduct about the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the serious collision investigation team on 101, quoting reference CAD 80 of October 14.