Police officer dies in North Yorkshire collision

A North Yorkshire constabulary serviceman has died aft she was struck by a lorry portion helping astatine the country of an earlier roadworthy accident.

PC Rosie Prior was lasting connected the verge of the A19 astatine Bagby, adjacent Thirsk, with the operator and rider of 1 of the cars progressive erstwhile the lorry collided with them astatine 08:55 GMT connected Saturday morning.

The operator of 1 of the cars progressive successful the archetypal collision - Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough - died astatine the scene.

The 65-year-old lorry operator from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, was arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by unsafe driving and has been released nether investigation.

A teenage lad who was a rider successful Mr Welford's car is successful a superior but unchangeable information successful hospital.

"It is with profound sadness to corroborate the decease of PC Rosie Prior connected Saturday morning," North Yorkshire Chief Constable Tim Forber said.

"This is intelligibly a profoundly traumatic and heart-breaking lawsuit for everyone involved."

PC Prior's household described her arsenic "a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty and volition beryllium profoundly missed".

Mr Welford's household said helium was a "hard-working and loving father, husband, lad and brother. He volition beryllium greatly missed by his household and friends."

Police person issued an entreaty for witnesses and motorists with dashcam footage to get successful interaction by emailing mcit@northyorkshire.police.uk quoting notation fig 12250006038.