Four die in horror crash after three men in stolen BMW smashed into mum's car as they fled from police

Four people were killed when a stolen BMW being chased by police on the wrong side of the road ploughed into an oncoming car, an inquest heard. Alison Clark, 42, a wife and mother to a nine-year-old daughter, was in her Peugeot when the BMW crashed into it. She died at the scene of the crash in East Yorkshire, HullLive reports.

Sam Connors, 19, William Harty, 20 and Lawrence James, 21, who were in the white BMW, also died in the horrific crash. Details of the tragedy at 10pm on November 22, 2021 emerged for the first time at the pre-inquest review this week, presided over by Assistant Coroner, Nadim Bashir.

The BMW collided with other vehicles on the A63 near Melton as it sped away after reports of thefts of catalytic converters in the Hull area during that evening, the hearing was told. It was travelling on false plates, according to police evidence.

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Humberside Police conducted a pursuit of the BMW which later went on to travel eastbound on the westbound carriageway of the A63. The tactics used by the police cars involved will be assessed by the inquest jury when the full hearing takes place over two weeks in January next year.

Dashcam footage from police vehicles will also be shown to the members of the jury. They will decide, how, where and when the three men came by their deaths.

Despite an extensive investigation by Humberside Police, they have not been able to establish which of the three men was driving the stolen BMW. An Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) report has been submitted to the coroner but has not yet been made public.

Assistant coroner, Mr Bashir, said: "The police have done a huge amount of work on this case. There are