Officer injured in crash that killed PC Bradley Corke in Swanley discharged from hospital
A policeman who was injured in the line of duty in a crash that killed another officer has been able to return home.
PC Bradley Corke died after a collision on the London-bound A20 London Road at the junction with Button Street, Farningham, near Swanley.
The 27-year-old and his colleague were responding to an emergency call in Swanley, at 7.45pm on March 19, when their marked Ford Focus police car was involved in a collision with a VW Scirocco.
Both men were taken to the hospital, where PC Corke, who was a Brighton football club season ticket holder, died two days later.
His devastated family previously paid tribute to their “beautiful boy cruelly taken too young”.
The other officer was left in a serious condition, but police have confirmed today that he has been discharged and allowed to return home.
An inquest into PC Corke’s death opened at Oakwood House in Maidstone on April 1, where assistant coroner Sarah Clarke told the court he suffered a “catastrophic global ischemic brain injury” following the crash.
It was suspended pending a criminal investigation. No arrests have been made.
The police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information about the crash to come forward.
Witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage should contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 01622 798538, quoting EW/AL/025/26. Dashcam footage can be uploaded here
Alternatively, email sciu.td@kent.police.uk.