{"id":189790,"date":"2025-06-16T19:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189790\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T19:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:50:14","slug":"investigation-launched-into-horror-crash-following-police-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189790\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation launched into horror crash following police pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the incident<\/p>\n

19:43, 16 Jun 2025Updated 19:43, 16 Jun 2025<\/p>\n

(Image: JMG Press)<\/p>\n

A regulator has opened an investigation following a police chase which ended in a horror crash.<\/p>\n

The “short pursuit” happened on June 5 and ended when a police car collided with two other vehicles which were being driven by members of the public, with one passenger critically injured<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the collision the suspected driver “made off”, with a huge emergency services response descending on the scene on Drake Street in Rochdale<\/a> at around 6.15pm on June 6.<\/p>\n

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A 19-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.<\/p>\n

Now, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has opened an investigation into the crash, the organisation confirmed.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared with the Manchester Evening News, an IOPC spokesperson said: \u201cFollowing a referral from Greater Manchester Police<\/a> (GMP) we started an independent investigation into the circumstances of a serious road traffic collision on Drake Street in Rochdale.<\/p>\n

\"AA cordon was put in place on Drake Street (Image: JMG Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were notified by the force that a car collided with two other vehicles being driven by members of the public on Thursday 5 June at 6.15pm and that a police vehicle had been involved in a short pursuit prior to the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cA passenger in the rear of the pursued vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in hospital.”<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cIOPC investigators were sent to attend the scene and the police post incident procedures to begin gathering evidence. We declared an independent investigation on Friday 5 June.<\/p>\n

(Image: JMG Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with all those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement released at the time of the collision, a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “At around 6.15pm today, officers approached a suspicious vehicle on Drake Street, Rochdale.<\/p>\n

“The vehicle subsequently made off from police and after a short pursuit, collided with another vehicle.<\/p>\n

“The suspected driver made off and a passenger in the vehicle sustained serious, life-threatening injuries. One person from another vehicle received minor injuries.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating the incident 19:43, 16 Jun 2025Updated 19:43, 16 Jun 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[187,12,1170,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-greater-manchester-police","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-rochdale","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114694784628757413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}