REGIONAL: Burglary arrests after motorway police chase crash

TWO teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a police chase crash.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2018, 11:33 GMT
Updated 7th Apr 2018, 11:41 GMT
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Officers tried to stop a vehicle before it crashed on the M3 northbound at junction 5 on Friday morning.

The vehicle crashed into roadworks on the slip road, leaving four men in the vehicle injured.

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It had failed to stop for officers before the crash, police said.

One man is in a life-threatening condition.

Hampshire police have made a mandatory referral of the incident to the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

A police spokeswoman said: ‘A 17-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, both from London, have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and remain in custody at this time.

‘A third man, a 17-year-old, has been de-arrested and remains in hospital at this time.

‘A fourth man, aged 18, remains in hospital at this time.’