Car chase horror: Driver fleeing police hits and kills pedestrian in his 20s – before ‘oblivious officers arresting him are told about the body that was sent flying into nearby front garden’
- A man died after being hit by a car chased by police in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
- The collision launched the pedestrian, who was in his 20s, into a nearby garden
- A 22-year-old man, a suspected banned driver, was arrested at the scene
- A woman at the scene revealed the victim had only popped out to the shops
A man died whilst popping out to the shops after he was hit by a car being chased by police in West Yorkshire on Tuesday.
Images taken after the incident showed the car, a Peugeot 307, had overturned during the fatal incident in Wakefield.
The collision threw the pedestrian, believed to be in his 20s, into a nearby garden where he died instantly.
A man in his 20s died whilst heading out to do some shopping after he was hit down by a car that was being chased by police in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
A 22-year-old man, who only suffered minor injuries, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, and was unaware that he had hit the victim until after he had got out of the car.
It is also believed that arrested man had been banned from driving before the tragic incident.
At 5.18pm on Tuesday, West Yorkshire police signalled for the Peugeot to stop in East Ardsley, near the M1.
The vehicle did not stop, with police pursuing the car for around four miles until the collision, which happened at around 5.30pm in the Lofthouse Gate area.
The victim was hit at such a pace that he was launched into a garden, with neither the driver of the Peugeot nor the police realising he had be struck down.
Images taken after the incident showed the car, a Peugeot 307, had overturned following the incident, with the victim being thrown into a nearby garden in the Lofthouse area of Wakefield
A 22-year-old man, who only suffered minor injuries, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. It is also believed the man had been banned from driving before the incident.
It was only when a neighbour revealed that there was a dead body in her garden that the police understood the full extent of the incident.
A distraught woman, who is understood to be the victim’s mother, arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and revealed to by-standers that the man had just nipped out to do some shopping.
A Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service was summoned to the scene but it was not required.
The incident is currently being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Yorkshire Police have been involved in a purge to reduce the amount of anti-social driving that has affected many local communities since lockdown began.
Anyone who witnessed the incident on Tuesday evening is being asked to call 101, quoting log 1253 of Tuesday 9 June.