Police automobile hits and kills pedestrian throughout 999 name

A pedestrian in his 60s has died after being hit by a police vehicle, Warwickshire Police have said.

Officers were responding to an emergency incident in Nuneaton when their vehicle collided with the man at about 8.45pm on Friday, the force said.

He suffered a serious head injury and paramedics attended, but he died at the scene, it added.

Neither of the officers in the vehicle were injured in the incident on the B4113 Coventry Road, between the junction of Gipsy Lane and the Griff roundabout.

Police are appealing for witnesses and the incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) who have started investigating, as per protocol when there is a death following police activity.

A police car responding to an emergency 999 call struck and killed a pedestrian in Nuneaton last night, pictured

Warwickshire Police have reported the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, file photograph

The man’s next of kin have been informed and the force said: ‘Our thoughts remain with the man’s family and friends at this time.’

Witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage of the incident are asked to contact Warwickshire Police either online or by calling 101 quoting incident number 359 of September 13.

An IOPC spokesperson said: ‘The Independent Office for Police Conduct has started an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision involving Warwickshire Police in Nuneaton.

‘After we were notified by the force, we sent our investigators to the scene and to the police post-incident procedure to begin gathering information and initial accounts from the officers involved.

‘Our thoughts are with the family of the man who died and all those affected by this tragic incident’.