A SUSPECTED burglar was killed and another left fighting for his life when a stolen getaway car crashed yesterday.
Police believe the crash happened minutes after a raid on a Tyneside factory. The stolen car was found overturned in a nearby field after police had been alerted to the break-in.
Two men were trapped, one under the wreckage, which had spun out of control.
After the accident on the B6528, near Lemington Road Ends, Walbottle, on the outskirts of Newcastle, a man in his thirties was pronounced dead at the scene and another, believed to be in his twenties, was taken to Newcastle General Hospital with multiple injuries.
Police yesterday appealed for anyone with information to contact them on 0191-214 6555.
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