Despite the efforts of paramedics who attended the scene, the pedestrian, who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead. The driver of the BMW, who is believed to have been involved in a previous burglary, fled the scene on foot, and the police are still making efforts to locate him.

The incident took place at around 9.05pm last night when a dark-coloured BMW car collided with a male pedestrian and then crashed into a house on Morgan Mews, Netherton" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Netherton" link="linked" id="115019">Netherton.

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