A mum was killed when a stolen BMW was driven up the wrong side of a dual carriageway and collided with her vehicle, an inquest has heard. Alison Clark, 42, from Elloughton, East Yorkshire, died after the head-on crash on the A63 near Hull on 22 November 2021. She was returning home from a swim training session at the time, Hull Coroner’s Court heard.
All people inside the stolen BMW – Sam Connors, 19, William Harty, 20, and Lawrence James, 21 – were also killed in the crash.
The jury heard how police officers followed the stolen car until it went up the wrong side of the dual carriageway. It was heard how the stolen car was driven 1.3 miles the wrong way before crashing into Alison’s Peugeot.
The inquest is expected to consider issues like police tactics around the pursuit of the BMW and whether Humberside Police ‘caused or contributed to’ the fatal crash.
The inquest will also determine which man was driving the BMW at the time of the crash. No relatives of the three men in the BMW were present and they are not represented. The inquest will take 10 days.
