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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Teen killed after smashing van with flat tyre into city centre bridge during police chase, inquest hears

A teenager was killed after his van with a flat tyre smashed into a bridge during a police chase, an inquest has heard.

Thomas Patrick Connor, known as Tull, died at the scene after the silver Vauxhall van ploughed into the railway bridge in Red Bank in Manchester city centre.

An inquest heard that the 19-year-old was being chased by police who mistakenly believed the vehicle had been involved in a burglary.

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