Police officer killed after being hit by car as he walked to work

Sergeant Paul Frear was hit by a automobile on Thursday (West Midlands Police/PA)
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police officer has died after being hit by a automobile in Birmingham.

Sergeant Paul Frear, of West Midlands Police, was critically injured within the incident in Tollhouse Approach, Smethwick, as he walked to work on Thursday.

The pressure stated Mr Frear, 45, a father-of-two, died in hospital on Friday.

We all know how deeply this can have an effect on those that knew him and labored with him and certainly the entire policing household

He had served with the pressure for 21 years and labored in Wolverhampton.

West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford stated: “We’re providing all of the assist we will to his spouse and their two kids and his wider household too at this terrible time.

“We all know how deeply this can have an effect on those that knew him and labored with him and certainly the entire policing household.

“As a mark of respect, we can be flying the pressure flags at half-mast.”

Mr Frear gained a Chief Constable’s Award in 2017 for offering emergency first support on the scene of a double stabbing exterior a Wolverhampton nightclub, with each victims surviving attributable to his intervention.

The pressure had beforehand stated that the motive force of the automobile had been aiding with the investigation into the incident.

He was a devoted and in style member of the pressure all through his 21 years service

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster stated: “Sergeant Paul Frear dedicated his working life to serving the folks of the West Midlands.

“He was a devoted and in style member of the pressure all through his 21 years  service.

“My ideas, and people of everybody inside my workplace, are together with his household, significantly his spouse and kids.

“I do know that West Midlands Police will present them with all of the assist they want.”

Anybody with data relating to the incident is urged to contact the pressure on 101 quoting incident 649 of September 21.