Man charged after pedestrian suffers serious injuries in collision with BMW

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The incident occurred at 11.30am yesterday (6 November) and saw a green BMW collide with a pedestrian after officers attempted to stop the car.

The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, suffered serious, but they are not believed to be life-threatening or life changing.

A man in 30s was arrested and was last night charged with a number of offences.

Sohail Afzal was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving whilst disqualified, criminal damage and driving without insurance.

The 33-year-old, of Burton Road, Derby, was remanded in police custody and appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court earlier today (7 November) where he was further remanded to prison and will appear at court at a later date.