Student hit and killed by bus 'while chasing robber'

Personal Injury Liverpool A STUDENT was killed by a bus while ­apparently chasing a robber on a bike who stole his mobile phone. David Schofield, 21, was taken to hospital with head injuries after jumping a fence and landing in the double-decker’s path. He later died with his mum at his side. CCTV shows David, of Hyde, Greater Manchester, running and two women told the bus driver he was texting when his phone was taken. David, a Liverpool John Moores University sports science student, had been out with friends in Manchester before the accident on Saturday. Chief Supt Russ Jackson, of Greater Manchester Police, said: “It’s important for David’s family that we ­establish what happened before this sad death. “We have a third-hand account that he was chasing a thief but the two women who said this have yet to come forward. It is vital we speak to these women.” Source: mirror.co.uk