Four injured in crash after police pursuit

Four people have been injured in a crash on major road following a police pursuit.

Officers were called to reports of knives seen at an address in the village of Althorne, in Essex, at about 13:10 GMT with two suspects leaving the scene in a car.

Officers followed the vehicle and it crashed with a van on the northbound carriageway of the A130 spur road between the A13 and A127.

Two people were injured in each vehicle - with the car driver sustaining potentially life-changing injuries, police said.

A driver and passenger in one of the cars was arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary.