Family of missing teenager informed after Orwell Bridge fatal crash

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 16:38 · Archive

The family of missing 18-year-old Joel Sousa has been informed after a man died in a fatal collision on the Orwell Bridge on October 16. Sousa was last seen around 3.20am that morning in the Heath Road and Foxhall Road area of Ipswich.

Police were called by the ambulance service at 3.41am to reports of a person in the westbound carriageway of the bridge. Further reports were received from members of the public. Emergency services attended and a man was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The death is being treated as unexplained but there are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances. Formal identification procedures have not yet taken place. A file will be prepared for the coroner.

Officers are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information about the collision to contact the Joint Norfolk & Suffolk Serious Collision Investigation Unit, quoting reference 37/61160/26.

How it is being reported

• Family of missing 18-year-old informed after fatal Orwell Bridge crashThe family of missing Ipswich teenager Joel Sousa, 18, has been contacted after a man died in the Orwell Bridge collision on October 16.East Anglian Daily Times · 20 Oct, 15:19
• Family of missing 18-year-old informed after fatal Orwell Bridge crashThe family of missing Ipswich teenager Joel Sousa, 18, has been contacted after a man died in the Orwell Bridge collision on October 16.Ipswich Star · 20 Oct, 15:06

In this story: Joel Sousa · Orwell Bridge · Ipswich · Suffolk Police

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