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| Tandem crash car 'being followed' by police | |
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| A car involved in an apparent hit-and-run with a couple on a tandem bicycle was being followed by police at the time, it has emerged. | |
| Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, died at the scene of the incident in Hanham, near Bristol, on Sunday. | |
| The matter has been referred to the police watchdog, the IPCC. | The matter has been referred to the police watchdog, the IPCC. |
| Police arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and a 35-year-old woman, on suspicion of dangerous driving. | |
| Avon and Somerset Police said an officer was alerted to a Citroen Picasso travelling along Lower Hanham Road at speed, shortly before 16:00 GMT on Sunday. | Avon and Somerset Police said an officer was alerted to a Citroen Picasso travelling along Lower Hanham Road at speed, shortly before 16:00 GMT on Sunday. |
| A spokesman said the officer indicated to the car to stop but it made off. | A spokesman said the officer indicated to the car to stop but it made off. |
| The officer began to follow the car but lost sight of it. | The officer began to follow the car but lost sight of it. |
| Police said that shortly afterwards the car struck another vehicle and then collided with the cyclists. | |
| 'Tragic incident' | |
| They confirmed the Independent Police Complaints Commission was investigating. | |
| Insp Frazer Davey said: "Following investigations overnight the circumstances of this collision have become much clearer. | Insp Frazer Davey said: "Following investigations overnight the circumstances of this collision have become much clearer. |
| "However I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this incident or saw this car in the area shortly before the collision to come forward and contact us. | "However I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this incident or saw this car in the area shortly before the collision to come forward and contact us. |
| "This is a tragic incident in which two people have needlessly lost their lives. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their families." | "This is a tragic incident in which two people have needlessly lost their lives. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their families." |
| Residents have spoken of their shock at the deaths. | |
| Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives nearby, said: "It's just a shock. | |
| "We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police." | |
| The landlord of The Queens Head pub, Patrick Murphy, said: "It's just not nice that this has happened around here." | |
| A spokesperson for Great Western Ambulance Service said: "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services. But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene." |