Teenager dies running from police

A teenager has died after being hit by a car as he ran away from police officers on the M1.

As the officers approached the youths, they ran off. One scaled a fence onto the M1 and was hit by a vehicle. The other two have not been traced.

An inquiry into the death on Tuesday evening has been launched and the independent police watchdog informed.

Two other people were injured in collisions behind the car which struck the dead youth.

One person suffered a head injury and the other was hurt in the chest.

The officers were investigating reports of youths pushing a suspected stolen moped in an underpass in Kingsbury, north-west London, when the pursuit began.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed of the death as a matter of course.