As is standard practice with any death following police activity, this has been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).
Warwickshire Police are appealing for witnesses after an incident at around 8.45 pm last night (Friday, 13 September).
Officers were travelling to an emergency incident in Nuneaton when their vehicle hit a pedestrian on the B4113 Coventry Road between the junction of Gipsy Lane and the Griff Roundabout.
The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, sustained a serious head injury and died at the scene.
Neither of the officers in the police vehicle were injured.
As is standard practice with any death following police activity, this has been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC), who have begun their independent investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
If you witnessed the incident, have dashcam footage of it, or information that could help with enquiries, you can report this to the police via thier website or by calling 101 quoting incident number 359 of 13 September.
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