A66: IOPC launches investigation after multiple deaths in crash between police vehicle and car

Several people have died in a car crash following a police chase in the early hours of Saturday morning.

IOPC says police were pursuing a car before the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough The police regulator has launched an investigation after ‘multiple people’ died in a collision involving a police vehicle near Middlesbrough. A number of people died in the crash on the A66 in South Bank, North Yorkshire, in the ear

"A number of patients died at the scene", ambulance officials say, after the collision near Middlesbrough.

A police vehicle and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in the fatal collision in the early hours of this morning

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