The scene of the crash on August 25, 2017, in Edward Street, Brighton, where David Ormesher died after he was hit by a police car
A POLICEMAN who was driving to an emergency has described the harrowing moment he tried to avoid hitting an elderly pedestrian, who died following the collision.
PC Richard Harris was travelling west along Edward Street from Eastern Road in Brighton on August 25, 2017 in a marked police car with blue lights on when he hit 79-year-old David Ormesher beyond the junction with Upper Rock Gardens, shortly before 1am.
Mr Ormesher, from near Poole in Dorset, suffered injuries to the left side of his body and a serious head injury, as well as a cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services at 1.44am.