Girl who died after leaving police vehicle on M5 named as Tamzin Hall

Police say family of 17-year-old have asked for privacy after she was fatally struck by car on motorway in Somerset

A teenage girl who fled a stationary police vehicle on the M5 and was fatally struck by a car has been named as Tamzin Hall.

The 17-year-old from Wellington, Somerset, died after being struck by a vehicle travelling southbound on the motorway between Bridgwater and Taunton shortly after 11pm on Monday.