Girl, 5, fighting for life after family car hit by vehicle ‘involved in burglary while being chased by cops’

A FIVE-year-old girl has been left fighting for her life after her family’s car and a vehicle being chased by cops collided. The little girl was in her family’s Range Rover when the horror head-on smash with a Citroen unfolded on Sunday. A man has since arrested following the collision in the village of Carlton, […]

A FIVE-year-old girl has been left fighting for her life after her family’s car and a vehicle being chased by cops collided.

The little girl was in her family’s Range Rover when the horror head-on smash with a Citroen unfolded on Sunday.

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The little girl was in her family’s Range Rover when the horror head-on smash with a Citroen unfolded on Sunday[/caption]

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The collision happened close to the junction with Shaw Lane which remained cordoned off for a painstaking forensic examination of the scene[/caption]

A man has since arrested following the collision in the village of Carlton, South Yorkshire, by cops investigating a burglary in nearby Barnsley.

The three-mile pursuit began at 12.35pm on Sunday when an officer in a marked police car in the village of Athersley North spotted a blue Citroen C3 with a smashed windscreen.

Police said the Citroen driver then sped off, followed by the cop car.

The Citroen sped along country lanes towards the neighbouring village of Royston when it collided with a white Range Rover Evoque coming the opposite way on Fish Dam Lane.

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The crash happened on Sunday afternoon in the village of Carlton in South Yorkshire[/caption]

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A five-year-old girl was left seriously injured after the collision on Sunday[/caption]

The collision happened close to the junction with Shaw Lane which has now been cordoned off for a painstaking forensic examination of the scene.

South Yorkshire Police said: “The driver of the Evoque, a 32-year-old man, and the front seat passenger, a 32-year-old woman, both suffered minor injuries.

“A five-year-old girl travelling in the rear of the Evoque suffered serious injuries and has been taken to hospital where she remains.

“The driver of the Citroen, a 29-year-old man suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

“He has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

“The Citroen was later identified as having been stolen in a burglary in Barnsley.

“The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has been notified.”

The five-year-old girl remains in serious condition.