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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

'Heartbreak' over carer killed by police car after leaving work with headache

The death of a 22-year-old carer hit and killed by a police car has been described as "tragic" as messages of support have been sent to her "heartbroken" family.

Rachael Louise Moore, 22, was hit and killed by a marked police car on Sheil Road in Kensington at around 8.10pm on Christmas Eve. Emergency crews were called to the scene and the police driver attempted CPR, but she died from her injuries.

An inquest opened yesterday, Wednesday, January 4 at the Gerard Majella Courthouse heard Ms Moore was on her way home from work after complaining of a headache. The former Liverpool Hope University student was crossing Sheil Road when she was hit by a police car responding to a "grade one emergency with blue lights and sirens".

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