Teenager dies in crash after police car chase

Mangled wreckage of red car surrounded with debris (middle) and police car (left) with a black car behind the crashed oneImage source, @GrantTheHatter
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Police and paramedics were called to Park Royal Road in the early hours of Monday

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A 17-year-old boy has died in a crash following a police chase in north-west London.

The teenager was one of three males taken to hospital after the collision on Park Royal Road outside Central Middlesex Hospital at about 05:25 BST on Monday.

One of the other occupants is in a critical condition and the third is not believed to be seriously injured, the Met Police has said.

Police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate the circumstances and the Met's directorate of professional standards has been informed, Scotland Yard said.

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