Man dies in A64 crash after police stop attempt
A man has died when his car struck a tree after police had attempted to pull him over.
The driver's Vauxhall Corsa left the A64 near Crambeck in North Yorkshire at around 03:30 GMT on Wednesday.
The man who died was aged in his 50s and the sole occupant of the vehicle.
North Yorkshire Police confirmed that officers had tried to stop the car a short time before the collision and that it had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct because of prior contact during the incident.