Two people dead after car being pursued by police collides with their vehicle in Leeds
Two people dead after car being pursued by police collides with their vehicle in Leeds

Two people have died after a car being pursued by police collided with their vehicle in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police said at 12.44am on Sunday a blue BMW 123D failed to stop for a police vehicle in Gelderd Road.

There was then a pursuit and the BMW was involved in a collision with a white Volkswagen Scirocco which was turning into Gelderd Road from Lowfields Road, police said.

The driver of the Volkswagen, a 22-year-old man from York, was pronounced dead at the scene.