Overview
- Police say the man came off his electrically assisted pedal cycle around 3:15pm Friday on Back Falkner Street South during a proactive operation to stop him.
- According to the force, he made contact with a stationary police van, after which officers administered first aid and CPR before an ambulance arrived at 3:23pm.
- He was taken to hospital and died a short time later, and a post-mortem will determine the medical cause of death.
- Merseyside Police has self-referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which is conducting an independent inquiry, and the force has urged people not to speculate.
- A large cordon, forensics tent and officers remained at the scene through the weekend, bus services 201 and 699 were diverted, and the man was named locally as Lain Estridge with tributes left nearby.