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Woman hit by police car in Walthamstow dies | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A 21-year-old woman died when she was hit by a police car responding to a 999 call. | |
The pedestrian was hit by the marked vehicle on Forest Road, Walthamstow, east London, at 23:45 GMT on Tuesday. | |
Officers stopped and tried to help the woman, but she was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived, the Met said. | |
Police are trying to trace her next of kin, who are thought to live outside the UK. | |
The car had been responding to reports of a man threatening members of the public, Scotland Yard said. | |
By the time officers arrived the man had left the scene. | |
The Met said it had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), and informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards. | |
Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy said the death was "terrible news". | |
Forest Road was closed to traffic but has since reopened. |