Overview
- Officers pursued a vehicle towing a caravan believed stolen from Oakerthorpe in the early hours of Saturday, February 14.
- The vehicle allegedly rammed police cars before stopping near Egginton, where two occupants fled and one was arrested shortly after.
- A second man entered the flooded Egginton Brook near Main Street and Ash Grove Lane, was recovered after extended searches, treated at the scene, and later died at Royal Derby Hospital.
- Derbyshire Police referred the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, with formal identification and next‑of‑kin notification still pending.
- Adrian Osiecki, 34, of Coventry, has been charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop, criminal damage to police vehicles, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, and theft of a caravan, and is due at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Monday.