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Police chase from Blackpool to Preston ends in multi-car crash
Posted on - 3rd April, 2023 - 8:52pm | Author - Amna Akram | Posted in - Crime, Deepdale, Lancashire Police, Preston News
A teenager has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving after police chased him from Blackpool that led to a car crash in Deepdale.
Preston residents spotted the incident on the afternoon of Saturday 1 April, which saw the man disqualified from driving.
One person told Blog Preston up to ten police vehicles were chasing the vehicle in New Hall around 3pm.
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Another shared an aftermath video of the hit and run in Skeffington Road, Deepdale. You can watch the video on YouTube shorts.
A spokesperson for Preston Police said: “It was a pursuit of a car which had failed to stop in Blackpool.
“The pursuit ended in the Skeffington Road area of Preston. 19-year-old man arrested and charged with dangerous driving and disqualified driving.”
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