Woman dies days after being hit by van chased into golf club by police

The police chase ended in tragedy (Picture: BPM)

A woman who was hit at a golf club by a van that was being pursued by police has died from her injuries.

The woman,in her sixties,suffered life-threatening injuries at Aston Wood Golf Club in Little Aston on Friday and was airlifted to hospital.

She was in a critical condition until she died in hospital yesterday,Staffordshire Police said.

West Midlands Police officers in two patrol cars bad begun following a grey Nissan van in Kingstanding,Birmingham,at about 10.15 am on Friday,after receiving reports of suspicious activity.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said they stopped following the van when it came off the road and went up an embankment on the golf course,where the van hit the woman.

Dash cam footage allegedly showed the vehicle speeding through a busy roundabout near the golf course on Blake Street.

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Police tape was put up at the entrance of the golf club (Picture: BPM)

The driver of the van,alongside two passengers,fled the scene. Police are working to ‘trace’ the trio.

Anyone with dashcam,CCTV or doorbell footage should get in contact with police.

Tom,a butcher at nearby Pat’s Butchers,previously told Metro: ‘We saw all the commotion. A van came racing through our car park,then went up Clarence Road,he managed to turn himself around and shot up Rosemary Hill Road. 

‘He spun around on one of the backstreets and then went down to the golf course. Good job no one was in our car park or they would have been mowed down.’

Tom added: ‘It is quite upsetting it is a beautiful area,you do not expect these things to happen around here.

One woman waiting at Blake Street train station at around 10.30am said she heard someone shouting for ‘help’ from the golf club.

Another local shop worker told Metro: ‘All we saw was the police cars,ambulances and unmarked cars whizzing around the area.

‘You can hear the police helicopter but police presence on the road had all gone within an hour.’