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South Yorkshire Police admit wrongly telling Trevor Wynn's family he had died following deadly Rotherham car crash
South Yorkshire Police admitted a critical victim misidentification after a December crash, prompting self-referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct and offering specialist family support.
- South Yorkshire Police later corrected records to show Joshua Johnson, 18, died in the December 13 Todwick Road crash, while Trevor Wynn, 17, was the injured hospital patient.
- On Sunday, January 4, new information prompted South Yorkshire Police and forensic teams to carry out formal identification checks after initial scene identification and hospital staff assumed Joshua was sedated.
- Public response included online tributes and a fundraising page before the error, while Joshua's family had planned a funeral for last Friday; an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old were arrested and bailed.
- South Yorkshire Police said they are supporting Trevor Wynn and families of both teenagers with specialist support agencies, acknowledging the shock and additional trauma caused, Colin McFarlane, Assistant Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, said.
- South Yorkshire Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct to review identification processes and will co-operate fully, while all involved asked the public to be left in peace and officers offered to meet both sets of parents.
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