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Passenger dies after police chase



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Published Date: 16 November 2008
A BACK seat passenger in a car being pursued by police down the motorway in North Derbyshire died after plunging off the road and down an embankment.
The Vauxhall Corsa was being followed after failing to stop for officers, when it lost control at junction 29A of the northbound carriageway of the M1.

It left the road and collided with the bank, killing the rear seat passenger.

An independe
nt Police Complaints Commission investigation is now underway into the circumstances surrounding the smash, which happened at 2.03am today.

Any witnesses should contact Derbyshire police on 0845 123 3333.

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  • Last Updated: 17 November 2008 7:21 AM
  • Source: Sheffield Star
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woodseats neil,

16/11/2008 15:50:36
Why oh why don't drivers stop when they see the flashing blue lights telling them to.

The odds of out running a police car are massively, massively against you, (In a corsa for heavens sake), so why try ?.

Had the driver died, fair enough, the idiot made the decision to speed off, and deserves all they get. The tragedy, yet again, is that the rear seat passenger, who might well have been pleading with the idiotic driver to stop, is the one that loses their life.

How many more ?.
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woodseats neil,

16/11/2008 15:50:37
Why oh why don't drivers stop when they see the flashing blue lights telling them to.

The odds of out running a police car are massively, massively against you, (In a corsa for heavens sake), so why try ?.

Had the driver died, fair enough, the idiot made the decision to speed off, and deserves all they get. The tragedy, yet again, is that the rear seat passenger, who might well have been pleading with the idiotic driver to stop, is the one that loses their life.

How many more ?.
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Daveuki,

16/11/2008 21:14:32
Actually neil as the police don't give two shiney poos, it is actually suprisingly easy to ourrun them even with the chopper coppers on your tail. I had a vehicle nicked and the police tracked them until they left the vehicle and did a runner and the police left it as they weren't on route to commit another crime!
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nando,

16/11/2008 22:08:12
Daveuki. If you think you can do better you could always join the Specials and show them how to do it. Or you could join the Police to make a difference.
You sound like an arm chair football manager.
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Billyray,

16/11/2008 22:53:41
here here I agree with nando.....the do gooders are out again.
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17/11/2008 00:03:11
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puppydog,

17/11/2008 08:10:50
1...why not stop if you have nothing wrong, then no problem an no one gets hurt

2...if you HAVE done something wrong then not much sympathy of the outcome if you dont stop, an not fair for certain people to blame the police BUT as stated previoulsy its not always the "wrong doer" that comes to a tragic end
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17/11/2008 12:00:04
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17/11/2008 16:15:31
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Benj,

Sheffield 17/11/2008 16:22:26
Yes good riddence to bad rubbish...
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