Father tells of motorway horror

Police are investigating whether Natalie's drinks had been spiked

The father of a teenage girl who fell from an ambulance onto the M5 has described how his wife dragged their daughter out of the path of oncoming traffic.

Natalie Dibden, 16, of Charfield, South Gloucestershire, suffered fatal head injuries when she fell out of the back of the ambulance near junction 12 on Sunday.

Natalie's father Steve described how his wife, Sarah, who was following the ambulance in her car, had to pull over to avoid hitting her daughter.

The teenager died later in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

Hard shoulder

Mr Dibden said: "My wife saw my daughter come out of the ambulance and onto the road.

"The second she believed Natalie was on the road she pulled the car onto the hard shoulder to avoid hitting her.

"My daughter came to a stop as my wife came to a stop almost right by the side of her.

"With the help of one member of the ambulance crew she pulled her off the near side lane to the hard shoulder."

Mr Dibden said his wife, a qualified first-aider, gave Natalie heart massage in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Drinks fear

He said: "We are going through something that is terrible."

He praised his wife for doing everything she could to save Natalie's life.

Natalie had been picked up by the ambulance in Dursley following a 999 call, but her father said her injuries were not "life threatening in any way, shape or form".

Detectives are looking at the possibility that Natalie's drinks had been spiked.

She had been with friends at the Warehouse nightclub in Dursley.