A CAR which crashed into a parked car and then into the front garden of a house, was being pursued by police at the time, it has emerged.

A teenager has now been charged in connection with the crash which left four people needing hospital treatment.

As reported yesterday, emergency services were called to Tunnel Hill in Warndon at 10.20am on Thursday. They reported that a Ford Mondeo had hit a parked car, which in turn hit a wall, narrowly missing two elderly women who were chatting in the front garden.

West Mercia Police yesterday declined to confirm that the Mondeo was being pursued by officers at the time of the collision, but a statement suggested that that was the case.

A spokesman said: “A collision took place on Tunnel Hill at 10.20am involving a blue Fiat Panda and a blue Ford Mondeo. The road was closed until 3.20pm.

“Immediately before the collision, the Ford Mondeo was requested to stop by police but failed to do so.

“As is usual practice, this incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

“The four people injured as a result of the collision did not receive serious injuries.

“The police vehicle was not involved in the collision.

“In connection with the incident, a 17-year-old male from Worcester was arrested and subsequently charged with dangerous driving, obstructing and resisting a constable in execution of duty and other motor offences.”

Two elderly women who had been chatting over the garden wall when the cars smashed in to it had a “lucky escape”, according to neighbours.

Maureen Crowther said she was in her house when she heard the crash outside.

“I came downstairs and went to the front garden gate where I saw one of my neighbours sat in the road,” she said.

“She was sat there with blood pouring from her head, with her shopping all over the road.

“Apparently she had been talking to a neighbour over her front garden wall when the crash happened and the wall they were standing by was completely destroyed. But if she hadn’t stopped to talk to the neighbour and had instead kept on walking she would have been dead. She was so lucky.”

Your Worcester News yesterday reported the arrested man’s age as 21-years-old. This was based on information supplied by the police.