Tamzin Hall, 17, died at about 11pm on Monday after being hit by a car on the M5 between junctions 24 Bridgwater and 25 near Taunton in Somerset

Teenage girl who died after leaving police vehicle on motorway named - Tamzin Hall was being taken in a police car to a custody suite when she was killed

A 17-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car on the M5 was being taken to custody in a police vehicle and had got out shortly before the collision, the police watchdog has said. The teenager died on the motorway near Taunton, Somerset, at around 11.30pm on Monday 11 November.

Avon and Somerset Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to prior police contact with the girl, who died at the scene near Taunton, Somerset

Tamzin Hall, 17, was being transported to a custody suite in Bridgwater, Somerset, when she fled from a police car and was fatally struck by a vehicle on the motorway

A teenage girl who died after being hit by a car after leaving a stationary police vehicle on the M5, has been named. Avon and Somerset Police said Tamzin Hall, 17, from Wellington, Somerset, was hit by a car travelling southbound between junction 24 for Bridgwater and junction 25 for Taunton,

A 17-year-old girl who died in a collision on the M5 after fleeing a police vehicle has been named by Avon and Somerset Police as Tamzin Hall. The teenager, from Wellington, Somerset, died in a collision with a vehicle that was travelling southbound between junction 24 (Bridgwater) and junction 25 (Taunton) shortly after 11pm on Monday.

A 17-year-old girl who was killed after exiting a police car in the middle of the M5 has been named. Tamzin Hall, from Wellington, died after being hit by a vehicle travelling southbound between junction 24 for Bridgwater and junction 25 for Taunton shortly after 11pm on Monday 11 November.