{"id":1251,"date":"2025-04-19T14:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T14:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2025-04-23T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:25:36","slug":"man-killed-and-six-injured-in-three-car-crash-during-police-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/man-killed-and-six-injured-in-three-car-crash-during-police-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed and six injured in three-car crash during police chase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crash happened in Croydon on Friday night (Picture: Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A driver who was being chased by police died after a crash involving two other cars.<\/p>\n

The crash happened on Wickham Road, Croydon<\/a>, just before 9pm on Friday, and six people in the two other vehicles were injured.<\/p>\n

The 63-year-old man who died, who was driving the first car, was suspected of using cloned number plates on his car.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Police<\/a> officers tried to stop the vehicle near South Norwood High Street, but gave chase after it failed to stop. <\/p>\n

The crash happened about eight minutes later, when the first car crashed into two others.<\/p>\n

The man was given CPR by officers but died at the scene. His next of kin has been told.<\/p>\n

Six people were taken to hospital, the London Ambulance Service said, and one of those suffered a ‘potentially life-threatening injury’.<\/p>\n

His two passengers, two 61-year-old men, were arrested on suspicion of being carried in a stolen vehicle. One of them was also arrested for possession of class A drugs.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Met told Metro<\/strong>: ‘Road closures were put in place while the incident was investigated, with buses on diversion. These closures have now been lifted.<\/p>\n

‘The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards was immediately informed and a referral made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which is a required step whenever vehicles are involved in a collision involving death or serious injury following a police pursuit.<\/p>\n

‘The IOPC will now carry out an independent investigation.’<\/p>\n

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 8.47pm on April 18 to reports of a road traffic collision near the junction of Wickham Road and Shirley Road in Croydon.<\/p>\n

‘We sent multiple resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, incident response officers, members of our hazardous area response team (HART) and an advanced paramedic. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.<\/p>\n

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