PC Faizaan Najeeb, aged 24, was attending a single-vehicle crash in Raunds, Northamptonshire, when his car was in collision with a blue Volkswagen Polo on Station Road
A 24-year-old police officer has died a week after he was injured while responding to a car crash.
Northamptonshire PC Faizaan Najeeb was attending a single-vehicle crash in Station Road, Raunds, at around 12.35am on September 19 when he was in collision with a blue VW Polo. PC Najeeb was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge but died early on Friday, Northamptonshire Chief Constable Ivan Balhatchet said.
A man in his 20s who was arrested at the scene of the collision was bailed pending further investigation. PC Najeeb had served with the response team in Wellingborough since joining Northamptonshire Police.
In line with tradition for officers who have died in the line of duty, his collar number P1967 will be retired in his memory. The Chief Constable said: “Words cannot describe the sadness felt when an officer loses his life serving in the line of duty.
“The entire Northamptonshire Police family wish to pass on our deepest condolences to his family and friends at this truly awful point in time.
“Colleagues from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are still investigating the collision, and specialist family liaison officers will continue to support Faizaan’s family in the coming days and weeks. We are also carrying out an internal health and safety investigation.”
Northamptonshire Police also plans to hold a two-minute silence in memory of PC Najeeb at its Wootton Hall headquarters where a flag has been flown at half-mast.
It comes after PC Ian Minett, of Gloucestershire Police, died on duty in June. His passing is being treated as unexplained, Gloucestershire Constabulary said. A force spokesperson for the force said at the time: “Gloucestershire Constabulary is saddened to report the death of PC Ian Minett whilst on duty this morning (Saturday 21 June). PC Minett’s death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious and the Coroner has been informed. We extend our thoughts and prayers to PC Minett’s family, friends, and colleagues, and we ask that his family are given privacy at this difficult time.” Adam Williams, chairman of Gloucestershire Police Federation, said: “I was lucky enough to work with Ian and he was well liked amongst all that had the pleasure of working alongside him and getting to know him. It is a massive loss to the shift, the station, and to the Constabulary as a whole.”