Nottingham police custody death man is named

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Carlton Southdale Road police crash IPCC Nottingham
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Police were attending reports of a car accident in Southdale Road

A man who died while in police custody in Nottingham has been named.

Cain Hargreaves, 21, was arrested in Southdale Road in the Carlton area at about 22:00 GMT on 5 January by police investigating an accident.

He was taken ill in a police vehicle, was then transferred to an ambulance but died in hospital that evening.

A post-mortem examination carried out on 6 January was unable to establish a cause of death and the results of further tests are awaited.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said an investigation was under way.

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