Derek Ian McIntyre

Died

10 November 1967

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Mersey Tunnel Police

Cause

Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured after being struck by a lorry that failed to stop as he cleared an object from the Mersey Tunnel.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured after being struck by a lorry that failed to stop as he cleared an object from the Mersey Tunnel.

Circumstances

Double crewed in a Police Landrover he responded to an the early morning report of an iron bar lying across two lanes of the tunnel; the police vehicle brought traffic to a halt and Constable McIntyre got out to remove the obstruction. As he did so a 22 ton lorry and trailer failed to stop striking both a private car and the police vehicle before hitting him and dragging him 120 feet to his death.

PC McIntyre was fatally injured as he and a colleague responded to an early morning report of an iron bar lying across two lanes of the Mersey Tunnel.

Having already brought the traffic to a halt, Derek left his vehicle to remove the object but, as he did so, a 22-ton lorry and trailer with defective brakes failed to stop and struck a private car and the police Land Rover before hitting the officer and dragging him 120 feet.