Woman dies after police car chase

A woman has died following a police car chase in central London, police said on Sunday.

The woman, in her 30s, died after a Mercedes being chased by an unmarked police car crashed into the car in which she was travelling at 3.45am on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police Service said.

A man and a child, who were also in the Vauxhall Corsa with the woman, are in a serious condition in hospital following the accident on Bethnal Green Road, east London.

Two people have been arrested.