Fatal police crash investigated

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to investigate a police car crash in which a 61-year-old woman was killed.

The woman was hit by a marked police car in Homesdale Road, Bromley, south-east London, at approximately 2100 BST on Saturday.

She died at the scene and has not been formally identified.

The IPCC undertook an inquiry immediately and the patrol car's data is being analysed.

IPCC commissioner Mike Franklin said: "I send my deep sympathies to the family of the deceased at this difficult time.

"The IPCC will carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances of this tragic incident."

A post-mortem was due to be carried out on the woman's body on Sunday and an inquest will open in due course.