"A man in his 80s has died after being hit by a police vehicle on an emergency call. The crash between the police car and the elderly pedestrian happened at around 6.30pm on Thursday, October 2, on Lambeth Palace Road. The police vehicle was on an emergency call at the time of the incident. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service treated the elderly man at the scene, but despite their efforts, he died in hospital later that day."
"Our thoughts are with the man's family, friends and all those affected by his death. It's important we establish all the circumstances surrounding this incident and we are in the very early stages. The collision happened on a busy road in London in the early evening when people are likely to have been travelling. We would urge anyone who may have witnessed the incident or the moments leading up to it to come forward and report what they saw."
An elderly man in his 80s was struck by a police vehicle on Lambeth Palace Road at about 6.30pm on 2 October while the vehicle was responding to an emergency. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service treated the man at the scene and he was subsequently taken to hospital, where he died later that day. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is conducting an investigation to establish the circumstances of the collision. The incident occurred on a busy evening road and the IOPC has urged anyone who witnessed the collision or its immediate lead-up to contact investigators by phone or email.
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