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Video appears to show police chase minutes before fatal A66 crash
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Security camera footage shows several police vehicles chasing a car minutes before a fatal crash near Middlesbrough that killed seven people, including two police officers.
- The footage, taken on Lime Road at 03:36 BST, captures events about three minutes before a Volkswagen Passat traveling the wrong way on the A66 collided with a marked police vehicle.
- The police car involved in the crash was reportedly not part of the pursuit, which had ended before the collision occurred.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation into the crash following a mandatory referral from Cleveland Police.
