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Four men who died in a car crash in Bradford while being pursued by police have been publicly identified.

Murtza Chaudhry, 21, Arbaaz Hussain, 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20, and Tayyab Siddique, 22, were in a BMW that was being pursued by an unmarked police car when it crashed on Toller Lane at around 5.30am on Thursday.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said: “We understand at this time that the grey BMW 1 Series car in which they were travelling was pursued for a short time by an unmarked West Yorkshire police car due to excessive speed before the crash.”

The police watchdog said that there was no indication that the police vehicle made contact with the BMW prior to the crash.

Miranda Biddle, an IOPC regional director, said: “We have support in place for the families of those who have died. My thoughts are with them, and all those affected by this incident including all emergency services involved.”