Mark Goodlad

Died

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24 October 2011

Age

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41

Rank

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Police Constable

Force

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West Yorkshire Police

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured when he was struck by an HGV while assisting a motorist on the hard shoulder of the M1.

PC Goodlad was fatally injured while assisting a female motorist with her broken down car, on the hard shoulder of the M1 Motorway near Wakefield.

He was standing between his marked police vehicle and the woman’s car when a Heavy Goods Vehicle struck both vehicles.

Mark, a former Special Constable, was a Motorway Patrol Roads Policing Officer with ten years’ service and had previously been seriously injured in the line of duty in 2009.

He is survived by his wife and son.