Witnesses said that the police car had had its blue lights flashing at the time of the collision Danny Lawson/PAA pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a police car while officers were responding to an emergency on Christmas Day. Paramedics were called to the scene in Liverpool shortly before 7pm but were unable to save the man, who is believed to have been in his seventies. The incident has been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct, the police watchdog, which confirmed that the officers had been responding to an emergency call. A motorist told the Liverpool Echo that he witnessed the incident as he was driving back towards the city centre. “I was near McDonald’s when I saw a police car hit…

Source: The Times December 26, 2018 11:48 UTC