A person has died after being pulled from a flooded brook following a police chase.
Police had been chasing a stolen caravan in Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire, within the early hours of Saturday.
Two males within the automobile towing the caravan rammed into the police automobiles earlier than coming to a cease and fleeing on foot.
One man was arrested shortly afterwards, whereas a second was described by police as having “entered the flooded Egginton Brook”.
A number of hours later the person was recovered from the water and handled by ambulance crews on the scene earlier than being taken to Royal Derby Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, police mentioned.
As a result of the loss of life occurred after police contact, the power has referred itself to the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct (IOPC).
Formal identification of the person has not but taken place, and efforts are ongoing to hint his subsequent of kin, the power added.
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Adrian Osiecki, 34, of Harnall Lane West, Coventry, has been charged with harmful driving, together with failing to cease for police, and felony injury to police autos; driving with out insurance coverage; driving whereas disqualified and theft of a caravan.
He is because of seem at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court docket on Monday.
