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Two people have been killed after their car was hit by a vehicle fleeing from police in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police said it happened at 00.44 GMT, when a blue BMW 123D failed to stop for police in Gelderd Road. It then crashed into a white Volkswagen Scirocco.

The driver and passenger travelling in the Volkswagen, a 22-year-old man and 23-year-old woman, both from York, died.

The occupants of the BMW, a 39-year-old man from Harrogate, two boys aged 16 and 17 and a 16-year-old girl, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.