Overview
- Logan Smith, 18, exited an ambulance that had stopped on the M5 northbound near Weston-super-Mare shortly after 11pm on 30 November.
- Paramedics reported he entered live lanes and requested police assistance, and a single-crewed Avon and Somerset officer arrived soon after.
- Body-worn video reviewed by the IOPC shows the officer attempted to engage him before discharging a Taser, causing him to fall.
- He was struck by a car on the southbound carriageway moments later, received emergency first aid, and died at the scene.
- The IOPC has taken initial accounts from the officer and ambulance staff, met his family, and confirmed the coroner has completed identification and a post-mortem, while the force says it made a mandatory referral and will cooperate.