Andrew James Harper

Died

15 August 2019

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Thames Valley Police

Cause

Homicide - Vehicle

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the fatal injuries he sustained after being dragged by a car as he attended a reported burglary and theft of a quad bike in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the fatal injuries he sustained after being dragged by a car as he attended a reported burglary and theft of a quad bike in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire.

Circumstances

About 11.30pm near to the A4, Bath Road, between Reading and Newbury, PC Andrew Harper and a colleague from the Roads Policing Proactive Unit based at Abingdon Police Station, attended a reported burglary. PC Harper was hit and dragged along by a vehicle at the scene, he sustained fatal injuries.

Died from the fatal injuries he sustained when, about 11:30pm, he was dragged for a mile after catching his foot in a strap trailing from a car as he and a colleague from the Roads Policing Proactive Unit based at Abingdon Police Station, attended a reported burglary and the theft of a quad bike in Stanford Dingley, close to the A4 Bath Road, near Sulhamstead, Berkshire, between Reading and Newbury.