Married dad-of-two PC Dave Phillips, 34, was struck by a stolen Mitsubishi after deploying a tire deflator stinger in a bid to bring the vehicle to a halt during a high-speed chase.
He leaves behind his wife, Jen, and daughters Abigail, seven, and Sophie, three.
At 2.08am, the Mitsubishi L200 Challenger was being driven along Wallasey Dock North Road when it appeared to deliberately mount the central reservation where PC Phillips and a colleague were standing after throwing down a tire deflator.
A neighbor said: “I didn’t hear a thing. I read it on the news, then looked out of the window to see police cars. I thought I was dreaming.
“I feel so sorry for the police officer’s family.”
He is the first policeman in 30 years to be killed in the line of duty.
My they catch these people and my they roast in hell.
