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| Officers face charges over crash | Officers face charges over crash |
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| Two police officers are to face charges of causing death by dangerous driving after a crash in which a man died. | |
| Peter Williams, 67, of Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, died after his car collided with a marked police car in Carnforth, near Lancaster, on 2 November 2006. | |
| The police car was in a convoy of two vehicles on a training run to test an electronic speed camera device. | |
| Pc Sean Schofield, 38, and Pc Andrew Massingham, 41, are to appear before Liverpool Magistrates on 11 February. | Pc Sean Schofield, 38, and Pc Andrew Massingham, 41, are to appear before Liverpool Magistrates on 11 February. |
| The decision follows an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the fatal incident. | |
| Speed camera | |
| The crash happened on the B6254 between the villages of Arkholme and Over Kellet, near Lancaster. | |
| Pc Schofield was driving the police car which was in collision with Mr Williams' car and Pc Massingham was driving the lead vehicle in the police convoy. | |
| A third officer who was the passenger in the car being driven by Pc Schofield will not face criminal charges, the IPCC said. | |
| The crash happened while the officers were undergoing training to use a speed camera device. |