Police launch murder probe after man in his 20s is killed in a ‘targeted’ hit-and-run after motorbike and BMW collide

• Police scrambled to Harwich, Essex, yesterday afternoon to reports of a crash
• Found BMW had been in collision with a motorbike and rider was unconscious 
• Male rider pronounced dead at the scene and pedestrian in her 80s injured  

A murder probe has been launched in Essex after a young motorcyclist was killed in a ‘targeted hit-and-run’. 

Police were scrambled to Marine Parade in Harwich at around 2.45pm yesterday to reports of a BMW and a motorbike being involved in a crash. 

They found the motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, unconscious before paramedics battled to save his life. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene and detectives have now launched a murder investigation into what they believe was a deliberate attack on the rider. No arrests have been made. 

A murder probe has been launched after a ‘targeted hit-and-run’ that killed a motorcyclist in his 20s in Marine Parade, Harwich, Essex, (pictured) yesterday afternoon 

A woman in her 80s who was walking on the road nearby was also injured and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.    

Two men were seen leaving the scene and are thought to have been in the BMW. Now officers are looking to trace the pair to speak to them.

They are also appealing for anyone who may have seen the men following the crash on Marine Parade in Harwich, Essex to come forward. 

Officers need anyone who saw what happened, have CCTV or dash cam footage, or have any other information about the incident or what led up to it to come forward.

If you have any information, we need you to call us on 101 quoting incident 596 of Wed 15 April or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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