Fatal crash car was chased by police after 'assault' outside Cannock nightclub

A car involved in a crash where two young men died had been chased by police after an attack on a man outside a nightclub, investigators have confirmed.

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A man was assaulted outside Fever nightclub in Cannock, which is opposite the police station

A man was taken to hospital following the incident outside Fever nightclub in Cannock at around 3.30am on Sunday.

A convertible Audi was then involved in a crash five miles away on a main road on the outskirts of Wolverhampton, having been pursued by police officers.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the convertible Audi was chased for a "short time" by police before it crashed into a telegraph pole and tree on Cannock Road in Westcroft, near Essington, just before 4am.

Will Craddock and Kaya Morrison-Taylor, both 22 and from Walsall, died in the crash.