Driver crashes stolen car into traffic lights during police chase

A driver crashed a stolen car into a set of traffic lights during a police chase. Images from the scene show the lights, at Switch Island, have been damaged in the incident which also left two people in hospital. Merseyside police[1] were called to reports a Ford Kuga was stolen outside a house in Kirkby[2] at around 1.30am on Tuesday, January 2. The car was then spotted in the Long Lane, Aintree area. Officers carried out a pursuit of the car which then crashed into traffic light on the A59 on the approach to Switch Island at Maghull.[3][4][5]

Two people inside the car, a man and a woman, were taken to hospital. Police have confirmed their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. A spokesperson for Merseyside police[8] said: "We were contacted at around 1.30am this morning, Tuesday 2nd January, following reports of the theft of a Ford Kuga from outside a house in Kirkby.

The car was sighted by patrols in the Long Lane area and pursued before it collided with street furniture on the A59 on the approach to Switch Island at Maghull[9].

"The two occupants of the Kuga, a man and a woman, have been taken to hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life threatening.

An investigation is currently underway."

References

1. ^ Merseyside police (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
2. ^ Kirkby (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
3. ^ Aintree area. (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
4. ^ Officers carried out a pursuit (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
5. ^ Maghull. (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
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7. ^ 25 men and women unmasked as depraved sex offenders and paedophiles during 2023 (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
8. ^ Merseyside police (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
9. ^ Maghull (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)