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 after the motorcycle on which he was a passenger, struck a stationary lorry in thick fog.

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 in 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. Kenneth lived in Mooracres, Seaton, Devon.