THE police officer who hit a Bordon soldier on the Hog's Back was driving inappropriately an inquest has decided.

Joshua Brown, 21, was hit and killed by a marked Surrey Police car answering an urgent call on the A31 Hog's Back road at Puttenham, at around 3.30am on December 1, 2012.

The police car, driven by Pc Adam Springett, was travelling at 81mph when it hit Mr Brown, the inquest at Woking Coroners' Court heard.

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