Man in his 90s killed after he was mown down by car outside busy retail centre

A MAN in his 90s was killed after being mown down by a car outside a busy retail centre.

The horror crash happened on Sunday when the man was struck by a vehicle near a Pets At Home store in Pitsea, Essex.

Essex Police said officers were called to the scene, off High Road, shortly after 1.45pm.

The force said that the pensioner died at the scene and his next of kin have been informed.

Officers want to speak to witnesses and to anyone with dash cam footage.

It comes after a four-year-old girl died in a horrific crash on the M4 while a three-year-old boy remains in critical condition.

Gracie-Ann Lucas was on her way home from a birthday party on Saturday when the car she was travelling in collided with a van.

A man in his 40s has since been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Five ambulances, three fire crews, one rapid response vehicle and two air ambulances raced to the scene at around 1.45pm on February 5.

Police confirmed Gracie-Ann sadly lost her life in the smash near Newport, South Wales, while the three-year-old boy is fighting for life in hospital.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 1.41pm to reports of a road traffic accident on the westbound carriageway of the M4 near junction 28.

“We sent multiple resources to the scene, including a rapid response vehicle, three emergency ambulances, the Hazardous Area Response Team, the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service and an air ambulance.”