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Police Mix-Up: Family Misled for 22 Days After Crash

1/8/2026

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Police Misidentification Scandal

South Yorkshire Police told Trevor Wynn's family that he had died in a car crash on December 13, 2025.
Joshua Johnson, aged 18, had died.
Trevor Wynn was hospitalized after the collision.
The mix-up lasted 22 days.
The police admitted to using visual checks for identification without forensic tests and referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation.

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Police Misidentification Scandal

South Yorkshire Police told Trevor Wynn's family that he had died in a car crash on December 13, 2025.
Joshua Johnson, aged 18, had died.
Trevor Wynn was hospitalized after the collision.
The mix-up lasted 22 days.
The police admitted to using visual checks for identification without forensic tests and referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation.

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