Redbridge crash: Tributes to police officer Chris Miller killed riding his motorbike to work in east London

An investigation has been launched after a police officer was killed riding his motorbike to work.

PC Chris Miller, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash died in Woodford New Road, Redbridge, at 5.09am on Tuesday.

Ken Marsh, chair of the Met Police Federation, said: “This is tragic news. We are always devastated when we lose a member of the Metropolitan Police family. Our thoughts go out to all Chris’s family, friends and close colleagues at this time.”

Detective Constable Dustin Irribarren, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Our thoughts are with the man’s family at this very sad time.

“I would like to thank the members of the public who tried to help the victim and who have spoken to us.

“I am urging anyone who was in the vicinity of the incident at that time to please check your dash-cam footage. If you have any footage of this incident, or saw what happened, please get in touch and help us piece together what happened.”

Anyone with footage or information is asked to call 0208 597 4874, 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting ref CAD 983/15 Sept.