Family pay tribute to "much loved" Tony Carroll

The family of a man hit by a police car attending an emergency call on Christmas Day in Liverpool say the tragedy has devastated them all.

70 year old Tony Carroll was knocked down as he crossed Scotland Road just before 7pm on December the 25th.

The crash has been reported to the watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct

Paying tribute his family said "Tony was a much loved brother and uncle and will be greatly missed by all his family"

"He was always the life and soul of the party, and he lived life the way he wanted to. Tony was much"

"As a very close knit family we spent Christmas day together and as he left told us all that he had had the best day ever."

"This tragedy has devastated all our family and Tony will be remembered in our hearts forever"