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Girl who died after leaving police vehicle on M5 is named

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Tamzin Hall , 17 , died after being hit by a car on the M5 shortly after 23:00 GMT on Monday .

Avon and Somerset Police said she had got out of a police vehicle that had stopped on the northbound side.

The teenager was being taken from an address in Taunton to a custody suite in Bridgwater in a police car by two officers.

She was involved in a collision with a member of the public's car shortly afterwards.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the incident.

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