Cars destroyed in crash in Sheffield street during police chase

The collision on Sandstone Road, Wincobank, occurred as police officers were pursuing a car believed to have been driven by a burglar involved in an earlier raid of a house in the city.

South Yorkshire Police said officers were called at around 12.30am on Sunday, June 5 to reports of a burglary in Clarkgrove Road, Broomhill.

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A window had been prized open and the keys to three vehicles were stolen.

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The vehicles were then driven away by the gang of intruders.

Officers attended the crime scene and received a further report that a suspect was driving in another vehicle in the Firth Park area.

Attempts were made to pull over the car, but the driver failed to stop, resulting in a police pursuit.

The car was then involved in a collision with a parked car in Sandstone Road.

The driver and two passengers fled the scene.

An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary a short time later in neighbouring Newman Drive.