Kenneth Northey

Died

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27 November 1968

Age

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16

Rank

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Police Cadet

Force

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Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died in hospital the day after the motorcycle on which he was a passenger, struck a stationary lorry in thick fog at Dunkeswell, Devon.

Died in the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, East Reach, the day after sustaining multiple injuries when the motorcycle on which he and a colleague were riding, struck a stationary five-ton lorry in thick fog at Dunkeswell, near Honiton, Devon, as they returned to their base after assisting at a community event. The lorry’s rear lights and reflectors were covered by its tailboard that had been lowered.

His colleague, Police Cadet Stephen Derek Goddard, was killed in the collision.