Woman in her 50s dies after being 'attacked by BMW driver who flipped his car' - as man, 23, is arrested on suspicion of murder
A woman in her 50s has died after she was allegedly assaulted in the street by a BMW driver who had just flipped his car in a horror crash.
Emergency services were called to Aylestone Road, near Leicester city centre, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday after a white BMW 1 Series overturned.
Moments later, witnesses reported the driver fleeing the wreckage and running down the middle of the road towards Leicester Royal Infirmary – before launching a brutal assault on a female pedestrian.
The victim, a woman in her 50s who has not yet been named, was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham with life-threatening injuries, but tragically, police confirmed she died on Thursday afternoon.
The 23-year-old male driver was arrested at the scene.
He was initially held on suspicion of attempted murder, possession with intent to supply class B drugs, assaulting an emergency worker, dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drugs, and failing to provide a specimen.
Following the woman's death, he has now been re-arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody after detectives were granted a warrant for further detention.
In a statement, Detective Inspector Emma Matts, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit Murder Investigation Team, said: 'This woman was sadly subjected to a serious assault and was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries.
'Her family and close friends have remained at her bedside and tragically she died this afternoon.
'Since the incident, a dedicated team of detectives have worked tirelessly pursuing all lines of enquiry to establish the full circumstances around what happened.
Those enquiries will very much continue as we now move the incident to a murder investigation.
'I would like to thank those members of the public who have contacted with information about what they saw but I would also still like to appeal to anyone who saw anything connected to this incident or filmed any footage - whether that was of the vehicle being driven beforehand through the city centre, the collision itself or the assault – and hasn't spoken to officers to please get in touch.'
'Again, if you were driving a vehicle which has a dash cam, please check your vehicle to see if it has captured anything of use to the investigation.
'What you know could still be a crucial piece of information so please do not hesitate to pass that on.'
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