Newcastle Cathedral funeral for police officer Jess Turnbull

The funeral has taken place for a 19-year-old police officer who died two days after she was hit by a car while on duty.

PC Jess Turnbull had been sent to the scene of a collision on the A189 Spine Road in Cramlington, Northumberland, on 8 June when she was struck by a vehicle unconnected to the crash. She died in hospital two days later.

At Newcastle Cathedral on Friday, a police pipe band played a drum lament followed by Amazing Grace as her funeral procession arrived ahead of a service attended by about 600 mourners.

Police officers from across the UK lined up along the route with their standards dipped to the ground as their colleague’s coffin passed by.

On what is normally a road full of traffic, Mosley Street fell silent as PC Turnbull’s family made their way through.

That silence was broken by a shouted order from a police officer in dress uniform for fellow officers lining the route to stand to attention.

The coffin, draped in a union flag and with a police hat placed on top, was carried into the church by more uniformed officers, passing attendees including Northumbria Police Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine, who saluted.

PC Turnbull’s parents followed the coffin into the church ahead of many more family members and dozens of police.