Tragedy as police officer, 24, dies after being hit by a car

A police officer has died after being hit by a car while responding to a collision. PC Faizaan Najeeb, 24, was fatally injured by a blue VW Polo on 19 September. He was responding to a single vehicle collision in Station Road, Raunds, Northamptonshire, at around 12.35am. He was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead on Friday.

Chief Constable Ivan Balhatchet, who announced the news on Friday, said: "Words cannot describe the sadness felt when an officer loses his life serving in the line of duty.

"The entire Northamptonshire Police family wish to pass on our deepest condolences to his family and friends at this truly awful point in time.

"Colleagues from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are still investigating the collision, and specialist family liaison officers will continue to support Faizaan's family in the coming days and weeks.

"We are also carrying out an internal health and safety investigation."

PC Najeeb had joined Northamptonshire Police in May 2022 and had served with the Response team in Wellingborough since. The force announced it will retire his collar number, P1967, following the tradition for officers who have died in the line of duty, and will hold a two-minute silence at its headquarters next week.

A man in his 20s who was arrested at the scene of the collision, has been bailed by police pending further investigation.

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