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| Police pursuit crash in Dorset leaves man dead | |
| (about 6 hours later) | |
| A teenager has died in hospital after the car he was travelling in crashed while being followed by police. | |
| Dorset Police said officers investigating reports of a petrol station fuel theft had tried to stop a car in the early hours of Sunday. | Dorset Police said officers investigating reports of a petrol station fuel theft had tried to stop a car in the early hours of Sunday. |
| The vehicle, which failed to stop for the officers, crashed into the verge in Horton Road near Three Legged Cross. | The vehicle, which failed to stop for the officers, crashed into the verge in Horton Road near Three Legged Cross. |
| The 18-year-old man from Verwood had been taken to Poole Hospital with life-threatening injuries. | |
| Another 18-year-old man from Ferndown suffered minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital. | Another 18-year-old man from Ferndown suffered minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital. |
| 'Driving away' | 'Driving away' |
| Neither of the police officers were injured. | Neither of the police officers were injured. |
| A Dorset Police spokesman said: "At just before 10pm on Saturday 17th December 2011, police were called to a report of a vehicle driving away without paying from the BP petrol station in Ringwood Road, St Leonards. | A Dorset Police spokesman said: "At just before 10pm on Saturday 17th December 2011, police were called to a report of a vehicle driving away without paying from the BP petrol station in Ringwood Road, St Leonards. |
| "At 1.52am on Sunday 18th December 2011, two police officers in a marked police car identified a vehicle believed to be involved in the earlier incident. | "At 1.52am on Sunday 18th December 2011, two police officers in a marked police car identified a vehicle believed to be involved in the earlier incident. |
| "Following a short police pursuit the vehicle collided with the roadside." | "Following a short police pursuit the vehicle collided with the roadside." |
| The spokesman said the Independent Police Complaints Commission had been informed of the incident. | The spokesman said the Independent Police Complaints Commission had been informed of the incident. |