The scene of police 'serious incident' where Pc Andrew Harper died

The scene on Saturday morning at the crossroads of Ufton Lane and Lambdens Hill, near to the village of Sulhamstead, Berkshire. Ten people remain in custody after a newlywed police officer was dragged along by a vehicle before he died. Pc Andrew Harper, 28, died following a "serious incident" at about 11.30pm on Thursday near the A4 Bath Road, between Reading and Newbury, at the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire. Thames Valley Police said 10 boys and men aged between 13 and 30 have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody at various police stations in the force area. Chief Constable John Campbell said Pc Harper was at the scene with a fellow officer and was out of his police car when the incident occurred, adding: "What we do know is Andrew had been dragged along by a vehicle." He said the suspects were detained within about an hour of the incident and officers are working "hard and diligently to find out what happened". A post-mortem examination is taking place to establish the cause of death.