Overview
- Logan Smith left an ambulance on the northbound M5 near Weston-super-Mare after it stopped on the hard shoulder due to concerns from ambulance staff.
- Ambulance crews called Avon and Somerset Police, and body-worn video shows a single officer attempted to engage Smith before discharging a Taser that caused him to fall.
- He was struck by a vehicle on the southbound carriageway shortly afterward and died at the scene despite emergency first aid.
- The watchdog has reviewed the footage, taken initial accounts from the officer and ambulance staff, met Smith’s family, and says the coroner has been informed with formal identification and a post-mortem completed.
- Avon and Somerset Police state the officer was trying to bring Smith to safety, and the force has made a mandatory referral to the IOPC and will fully cooperate.