Police officer walks free after seriously injuring woman in Bristol crash

A serving police officer who caused a crash that resulted in serious injuries to a woman in Bristol has walked free from court.

Trained police driver PC Daniel Fortune drove at nearly 70 miles-an-hour through a red light before smashing into the victim's car.

PC Daniel Fortune, 41 and a trained police driver, was given a six month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday, Monday, June 2..

He was also banned from driving for 12 months and will now face an accelerated misconduct hearing.

The incident unfolded when PC Fortune, of Avon and Somerset Police , was driving an unmarked Volvo XC390 and went through a red light at the junction of Hung Road, Shirehampton , on the A4

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