New details are emerging about the crash that killed Constable Mia Lay, with investigators examining whether unnecessary speed was a factor in the incident.
Police are now closely examining the speed of the patrol car at the time of the crash.
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Constable Lay was killed on impact.
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New details are emerging about the crash that killed Constable Mia Lay, with investigators examining whether unnecessary speed was a factor in the incident.
The 20-year-old officer died early on Friday morning in Sydney when the patrol car she was travelling in hit a tree on inner-city Gibbons St after she and her fellow constable were called to a stolen vehicle job in nearby Glebe.
Police are now closely examining the speed of the patrol car at the time of the crash. 7NEWS understands the Volkswagen Tiguan could have reached at least 150km/h in the approximately 100 metres it travelled from Redfern Police Station.
Constable Lay was killed on impact.
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7NEWSSpeed probe into patrol car crash that killed Constable Mia Layplain
WAtodayCCTV captures police car travelling at high speed before crash that killed Mia Layplain
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