BRADFORD - Four people who were killed Thursday in a car crash post-police chase in Bradford, West Yorkshire, have been identified as Pakistani-origin males.
According to British media, an unmarked West Yorkshire Police car was following the vehicle carrying the four men before it hit a tree on Toller Lane junction near Bradford's Bingley Road.
The deceased were identified Friday night as Murtaza Chaudhry (alternatively known as Muthaza Choudhury Murthi) and Arbaaz (Arbaz) Hussain, both 21, Zeeshan Khalid, 20, and Tayyab (Tayyub) Siddique, 22. They were all Pakistani-origin residents of Bradford.
Authorities confirmed the incident, with Miranda Biddle — the regional director of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), to which the case was referred to — saying the group was travelling in a grey BMW and that an unmarked West Yorkshire Police car "made contact".
"We are aware that there is some concern that the police vehicle made contact with the BMW prior to the crash.
"Having reviewed some of the evidence already, we can confirm there is no indication of this," the IOPC added, as per the BBC link.