Police chase ends in pile-up

SEVEN Northumbria Police officers were taken to hospital following a horror crash on the A1 in Newcastle in the early hours.

- By ADAM FOSTER Reporter

At about 2am yesterday officers attempted to stop a car in the Whickham area of Gateshead due to concerns about the manner in which it was being driven.

The dark grey BMW M Sport had then been driven off. The car was later sighted in the Swalwell area of the town, with specialist officers from Northumbria Police's Roads Policing Unit sent to the area, and at 2.25am they got behind the car.

Police were in pursuit of the BMW when at 2.27am the car and five police vehicles were involved in a collision on the northbound section of the A1 near the Derwent Haugh Road junction.