Child and three adults dead after crash involving car being pursued by police in the UK

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A one-year-old boy is one of four people who died when their people carrier was hit by a car being pursued by police in the UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two men aged 35 and 50&comma; and a woman&comma; 41&comma; died at the scene after their black VW Touran people carrier collided with a black VW Golf car in Sheffield yesterday evening&comma; South Yorkshire Police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The little boy died in hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A three-year-old girl has been taken to hospital with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;life-threatening injuries”&comma; while one woman&comma; 22&comma; is in a critical condition and another woman is in a stable but serious condition&period; Police were in pursuit of three men in the Golf which was driving towards Darnall along Main Road when it collided with the people carrier just after 8&period;50pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trio&comma; aged 17&comma; 18 and 23&comma; have been arrested and remain in custody after suffering minor injuries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Independent Office for Police Conduct &lpar;IOPC&rpar; has launched an investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>IOPC regional director Miranda Biddle said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As soon as we were informed&comma; we sent investigators to the scene and we will be carrying out an independent investigation to establish what actions South Yorkshire Police took prior to the crash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is standard procedure when lives are lost following an incident involving the police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By attending the scene we have been able to view dash cam footage which confirms that although a pursuit did take place prior to the crash&comma; there is no indication that the police vehicle collided with either of the vehicles involved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have also obtained initial statements from the officers involved and will gather further evidence during the course of our investigation&period;” Detective chief inspector Jude Ashmore&comma; of South Yorkshire Police&comma; said he was thinking of the victims’ families following the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;incredibly tragic accident”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A high number of resources were deployed to the scene last night&comma; with officers from all of the emergency services working through the night and into this morning to assist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our priority now is to support the victims’ families and those affected&comma; and work hard to determine the exact circumstances around what happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Main Road is expected to remain closed for most of the day as we continue to gather evidence and recover items from the scene&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e35166f2c2b">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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