Cyclist died after being hit by the police – Expressen

The night of Saturday was running a cyclist in Sandviken by police when they were chasing burglars.

The cyclist was nursed a long time for serious injuries – but has now died.

The accident is being investigated as manslaughter.

It was at midnight on Saturday, a police vehicle hit a cyclist in Sandviken.

The 68-year-old man was thrown up over the car and hit the ground writes gd.se who first told me about the incident.

The police car ended up on the side of the roadway.

Now the man died of his injuries.

– It is very unfortunate. The relatives are notified the said Mikael Hedstrom, press spokesman at the Gavleborg police Expressen.

Jorgen spoke with police who were sitting in the car

Jorgen Marken, 38, that he spoke with one of the policemen who sat in the car in the crash and says that the police were under the emergency to intercept intruders.

He had alerted police after he saw someone steal brush cutters from his father’s farm outside Ockelbo.

– I sat in the car and went after the thieves. The police called up when they were in Sandviken to hear where we were, says Jörgen.

– When I heard it slammed and the glass shattered and how one of the officers swear.

The policeman who Jorgen spoke with said he would call back. When he did not hear Jörgen of itself to the control center again.

– They said the car was coming from Sandviken had crashed and that they would send a new car.

Michael Hedstrom can not comment on what type of emergency police were on.

– They were in the service but did not go with blue lights and siren. It tells you when it’s urgent. They were on an official business. More than that, I can not say. It must be clarified now is what it was for anything, he says.

internal investigation started

Now the case is being investigated by the Special Chamber prosecutor in Malmo. The case will be handled at the unit for särskiljda investigations, so-called internal investigations.

The incident is being investigated as reckless driving and manslaughter.

– There is no suspect. The collision occurred between them but what it is that made it collided, it is to be investigated.

The police should hear the witnesses and go through further investigation tasks.

– It is important to make contact with those who saw the accident.