Hit-and-run driver fleeing police kills young woman stood near bus stop

This is the shocking moment a young mother is mown down in front of her boyfriend by a racing hit-and-run car as the driver escapes police.

The victim, in her twenties, is catapulted 20 feet in the air as she is struck by the car and horrified onlookers rush to help her at 9.42pm yesterday.

Witnesses said she had been with her boyfriend and a friend when she was struck by the car which failed to stop having been flagged down by officers. 

She was trying to cross the road behind a double decker bus at Brixton Hill, South London, and seems to freeze as she sees the car hurtling down the road towards her – before she is flung across the road.

 Officers are still trying to trace the driver who struck the woman as she tried to cross the road

A clearly traumatised man stood at the bus stop on the other side of the road walks in the opposite direction as her body lands in a crumpled heap in front of him.

As the driver speeds away from the scene, people try to help resuscitate the woman who was pronounced dead at the scene.   

A shaken onlooker told MailOnline: ‘The woman had been hit with such force that she was flung into the air and landed about 20-30ft away.

‘She was laying down by the bus stop. The police were on the scene quickly as were paramedics who were giving her CPR for about 40-minutes.

‘The girl appeared to have a friend with her. He was by her side while she was being treated.

‘But he was inconsolable. I saw him a bit later on the corner opposite and he was on his knees, crying. He was being comforted by someone. It was awful, my heart goes out to him.’

Another witness added: ‘I saw the car — it was going at least 70, it just kept going and didn’t even look back.

‘She hadn’t even stepped into the road, I think she was just looking to see if it was clear to cross.

CCTV footage shows the woman as she tries to cross the road behind a double decker bus

‘I called the ambulance as soon as I saw what happened. Her boyfriend and her best friend were there with her — he was in total shock, trying to hold it together.’

The woman added: ‘I spoke to a bus driver who was pulling up when they hit her. He said the car didn’t even put on its brakes.’ 

The shocking CCTV, taken from a nearby newsagent, was given to MailOnline in a bid to help trace the driver of the black car.

Police are in the process of informing the victim’s next of kin and the Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.

Photos from the scene show a tent erected outside a bus stop near a Nisa Local where it is understood the car struck the woman.

In a statement, a Met spokesperson said: ‘Police signalled for a car to stop and it failed to do so. The car sped off from police and was then involved in a collision with a pedestrian at approximately 9.45pm on Wednesday 19 February on Brixton Hill.

Brixton, London, February 20: Police signalled for a car to stop and it failed to do so

Police are pictured recovering a black Mercedes with a damaged wing mirror and damage to the windscreen where the woman in her 20s was struck after the vehicle made off from Police

‘The car did not stop at the scene. The car was found abandoned nearby and enquiries are ongoing to trace the occupants. ‘A woman in her twenties died at the scene. ‘Officers are in the process of informing all her next of kin.

‘The Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed as is routine.’

Buses in the area were apparently all stationary with their lights off, following the incident, according to someone at the scene.