Two Met Officers Charged in Fatal Crash Killing Pregnant Woman

Two Metropolitan Police officers, one current and one former, have been charged in connection with a fatal car crash in southeast London that killed a 38-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child on October 17, 2024.

The collision occurred on Eltham Road near Kidbrooke, where the woman's vehicle struck an unmarked police car. The unborn baby was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman succumbed to her injuries later at a hospital. Witnesses described the impact as severe, with the woman's car flipping multiple times and sustaining heavy damage. An eyewitness, Abu Bakar, recounted seeing the crash as the woman turned into a nearby sports center. He said a man, later identified as her husband, rushed from the center shouting her name and alerting officers that she was his wife.

PC Chris Johnson, 56, who was driving the police vehicle directly involved in the collision and is attached to the Met's Taskforce, faces a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Former PC Danny Tomkins, 35, who drove a second unmarked police vehicle and was part of the same unit at the time, has been charged with dangerous driving related to the standard of his driving. Both officers are...