M25 traffic latest: Three-car crash leaves one woman dead after police car chase
THE M25 was shut down after a crash which left a woman dead and others injured following a police pursuit.
The crash happened in Parklands, Waltham Abbey, involving a lorry and three cars just before 10pm on Thursday. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "The incident has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct as it followed a police pursuit involving one of the cars, which officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit had attempted to stop on the M25."
The force has not yet released details of the victims or the exact amount of people injured.
The road has been closed and is expected to remain shut for some time.
Witnesses and people with dash-cam footage are asked to call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101.
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