A police force in the Midlands has referred itself to the police complaints watchdog after a dead driver was not found for days.
A Jaguar XF driver, a man in his 20s from Kidderminster, died when his car crashed in the A449 Hurst Lane, Fernhill Heath in Worcestershire in the early hours of Sunday (September 7).
But his body was not discovered by West Mercia Police officers until Tuesday (September 9) afternoon.
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Now the West Mercia force has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
It said it had received an automated collision detection alert from a mobile phone, shortly after 3am on Sunday morning.
Officers did go to the location given by the alert but despite a search, no vehicle was found.
A further alert was received on Sunday afternoon and additional searches were carried out in the daylight 'to no avail'.
Then a member of the public spotted the crashed black Jaguar XF on Tuesday afternoon at around 3.55pm and reported it.
West Midlands Ambulance Service attended and sadly the driver of the car, a Kidderminster man in his 20s, was pronounced dead.
Chief Superintendent Gareth Morris said: "As is standard practice for all forces in circumstances such as this we have referred the matter to the IOPC.
"We understand the need and value in independent oversight and in giving the man's family answers to what happened and what action we took. Our thoughts are with them."
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police added: "We continue to appeal to anyone who saw, or has dashcam footage, of a vehicle matching this description in the area, from 3am Sunday morning.
"Information can be given by emailing please contact sciunorth@westmercia.police.uk and quoting 292_i of the 9 September."