A TEENAGER died and a 16-year-old boy is critically ill in hospital after a car smashed into a viaduct while being followed by a police patrol early today.
A TEENAGER died and a 16-year-old boy is critically ill in hospital after a car smashed into a viaduct while being followed by a police patrol early today.
Warwickshire Police said the Toyota Carina struck a pillar of the bridge in Rugby shortly after an officer investigating a report of a car-jacking started to track the vehicle.
An 18-year-old man Toyota driver suffered a serious head injury and was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival at Coventry's University Hospital.
His 16-year-old passenger is in a critical condition in the same hospital.
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