Father killed By Police, while chasing Illegal Driver

13 March 2014

    Chloe Sutton said she and her family wanted answers about how her father James Sutton died

Police pursuing a disqualified driver ran down and killed a pedestrian on Wednesday night. The officers  were searching for the a motorist, reportedly seen at the wheel of a vehicle, when their car hit James Sutton at a junction near the sea front in Hastings, East Sussex.

Mr Sutton, a 46 years old father from St Leonards, died at the scene, despite efforts to save him. His daughter Chloe said ‘ He liked to drink and I expect he probably had a drink last night, and probably did not know what was happening. At least there’s some sort of relief knowing that he did not suffer’ . An investigation was launched after the accident. The illegal driver was never found.

Witness Chris Paraskeva said 12 police vehicles went to the scene where emergency teams tried to save the man.

Mark Norman the driver of the police car had been injured slightly by broken glass and had been suspended from driving duties while the IPCC conducted its investigation.