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Woman hit by van on Little Aston golf course dies | Woman hit by van on Little Aston golf course dies |
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The woman was hit by the van at Aston Wood Golf Club | |
A woman who was struck by a van on a golf course in Staffordshire has died. | |
The van, which had been involved in a police pursuit, hit her at Aston Wood Golf Club, in Little Aston, on Friday morning. | |
West Midlands Police said she died of her injuries on Tuesday night. | |
The occupants of the grey Nissan van ran off and remained at large, the force said. | |
The van had been followed by West Midlands Police officers following reports of suspicious activity, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. | The van had been followed by West Midlands Police officers following reports of suspicious activity, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. |
The IOPC said it was investigating the officers' involvement prior to the incident. | |
They said officers in two patrol cars began following the van in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on the border of Staffordshire and Sutton Coldfield, at about 10:15 BST on Friday. | |
The force said the woman's family was being supported by specialist officers and urged anyone with information about what happened to contact police. | |
The collision involved a grey Nissan van, police say | |
Darren Priddey, who lives near the golf course, said his neighbour had heard "a lot of screaming coming from this general direction". | |
He added he had then seen a lot of police activity, including police with dogs, searching for something or someone in a nearby garden after the incident. |