Grandparents die in police chase crash
TWO pensioners who died when a speeding van ploughed into their car during a police chase were heading home after visiting their grandchildren.
Bob and Shirley Wigzell, both 71, were a mile from their home when a rented Ford Transit van, being driven ‘erratically and at speed’, hit their Citroen C3.
Paramedics battled to save the couple after the crash at midnight on Saturday, but they were pronounced dead at the scene – a 30mph road in Eltham, south-east London, where bouquets from their children and grandchildren have been laid.
The van had failed to stop for police and the driver Ben Ord, 41, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. He will appear in court today.