A man has died and a woman has been critically injured after a crash following a police pursuit near Stratford on Monday.
Warwickshire Police said officers had tried to stop a vehicle on Birmingham Road at around 5.30pm.
They added: ‘The driver of the car – a black Audi – failed to stop and made off in the direction of the A46 before travelling back towards Stratford on the A439 Warwick Road.
‘At approximately 5.44pm, the car driver is understood to have been in collision with another vehicle – a white Ford Puma.
‘The male driver of the Audi was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics.’
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The driver of the second car was taken to the hospital, where she remains in critical condition.
Several other vehicles were damaged as the black Audi tried to evade police.
The A439 is still closed from the Marraway roundabout to the junction with Ingon Lane and Sandbanks Lane.
Superintendent Steve Flavell said: ‘Our thoughts are with the families of everyone involved in this collision and we’re providing specialist support to them at this extremely difficult time.
‘We made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) because a death had occurred following police contact. They have declared an independent investigation, and we will co-operate fully with their investigation.’
The crash is one of a number of fatal road accidents in recent days.
On Saturday, seven people were killed in a crash on the A66.
The crash – which occurred when a car, thought to be a Volkswagen Passat, was driven the wrong way along the A road and collided with a police car – killed two officers, PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough.
Five teenagers and young men – Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Jacob Matusiak, 23, and Makai Saddington, 18 – also died.
On Monday, a teenage motorcyclist has died in a one-vehicle collision in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The 17-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene on the B9031 Macduff to Fraserburgh road, following the crash at around 5.30pm on Monday.
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