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| Blackpool man killed on M55 during police pursuit | |
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| A 33-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car as he ran across a motorway during a police pursuit. | A 33-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car as he ran across a motorway during a police pursuit. |
| Police had earlier tried to pull his car over but he failed to stop and "sped" off along the M55 in Blackpool, Lancashire, on Sunday evening. | |
| The man had earlier deliberately driven his car at a woman in Montague Street, South Shore, causing her minor injuries, police said. | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating. | |
| At 21:20 GMT, the man stopped near Charnock Richard services on the M6 and ran across three lanes, before being killed on the opposite carriageway. | At 21:20 GMT, the man stopped near Charnock Richard services on the M6 and ran across three lanes, before being killed on the opposite carriageway. |
| The man, from Blackpool, was confirmed dead at the scene and the M6 was closed in both directions for a time, between Junctions 27 and 28 for investigations. | The man, from Blackpool, was confirmed dead at the scene and the M6 was closed in both directions for a time, between Junctions 27 and 28 for investigations. |
| A Lancashire Police spokeswoman said the man, from Blackpool, "made off at speed" in a grey Ford Focus Sport after he failed to stop for the police patrol. | |
| At one point the car was driven deliberately at an officer on foot and during the pursuit collided with a police vehicle on the motorway. |