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Pedestrian dies after being hit by police car in Acocks Green Birmingham Pedestrian dies after being hit by police car in Acocks Green Birmingham
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File photo Officers were responding to a 999 call reporting a man carrying knives
A pedestrian has died after a collision with a police car in Birmingham on Wednesday evening, West Midlands Police said in a statement. A pedestrian has died after being hit by a police car on a 999 call in Birmingham, West Midlands Police has said.
The 40-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his family is being supported, the force added. The two officers who were in the vehicle were not injured, it said. The 40-year-old man was struck just before 19:00 GMT on Yardley Road, near the junction with Florence Road in Acocks Green, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the collision with the marked police car took place just before 19:00 on Yardley Road, near the junction with Florence Road in Acocks Green. The force said the man's family had been informed and were being supported.
Officers were responding to a 999 call reporting a man carrying knives on Warwick Road in Acocks Green, according to the statement. Officers were responding to a report of a man carrying knives on Warwick Road, police said.
Other officers attended the report of the man with the knives but there was no sign of any disorder on arrival, police said. Other officers attended that 999 call, but there was no sign of any disorder on arrival.
The force said it was liaising with the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the incident.
West Midlands Police has reported the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct
The force said the two officers in the vehicle were not injured and that it was liaising with the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the pedestrian's death.
It has appealed for anyone with information, including dashcam footage, to come forward.It has appealed for anyone with information, including dashcam footage, to come forward.