MORE than a year after a father-of-two was killed in a collision with a police car his family are still waiting for his body to be returned to them.

Aston Mclean Williams' loved ones have spent the last 12 months pleading with officers to allow them to bury the 28-year-old after his death on August 6, last year.

Despite a march through the town centre and repeated calls for an answer the ongoing investigation from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is yet to conclude.

Shanice Medford, Aston's girlfriend, said they had been struggling to cope over past year and that the family were desperate for some form of closure.

She said: "We have never had this much stress before, not being able to bury him - no one can really grieve yet.

"It just does not feel real at all, we are still expecting him to walk through the door or call us up.

"You can just see in everyone's faces the stress, strain and heartache."

At around 1.45am on August 6, 2014 a marked police car attending calls of a suspected burglary struck Aston in Wokingham Road, close to the junction with Eastern Avenue.

As his death involved members of Thames Valley Police an investigation was opened by the IPCC to establish the actions that led up to the collision.

Multiple calls from the family have failed to see Aston's body released and a march from the crash site to Reading Police Station back in April saw neighbours rally together in support.

Shanice added: "Any support we get feels amazing because it feels like people actually care.

"Throughout the year I have met with different families going through the same thing around the country and it is really nice to feel like you have that support.

"People need to be made aware of this as it is just ridiculous. How can you keep a body for that long?"

An IPCC spokesman said that their work was now reaching is final stages but they would still need more time to decide whether any criminal charges would be filed.

Guido Liguori, IPCC associate commissioner, said: "We have completed the majority our investigation and drafted the investigation report. The report will be finalised once we have received clarification from the pathologist regarding an element of his report. I will then decide whether our report should be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service for them to consider whether any criminal charges should be brought."