A man has died in Tameside after a car being pursued by police crashed into several other cars.

Police and paramedics were called to St Lawrence Road, in Denton , at lunchtime today.

A man and a woman in the car being pursued were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. They remain in custody for questioning.



Police are searching for a third man who fled the scene and are appealing for witnesses to the collision to come forward.

The street has been sealed off in both directions and drivers are being told to avoid the area near the Chapel House Pub.

An air ambulance was also called to the scene.

A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 12.50pm to reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

“We sent the air ambulance, advanced paramedic, ambulance and rapid response vehicle to the scene.”

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