Overview
- The single-vehicle collision, which happened shortly after 4am on Tuesday at the junction of Elizabeth Way and Tees Road, followed a short police pursuit.
- Police named the driver who died as 44-year-old Duane Michael Birdsall.
- A 34-year-old man from the car remains in hospital with serious injuries.
- A 42-year-old woman hurt in the crash has been charged with robbery linked to a separate incident that morning and was remanded after a Teesside Magistrates’ Court hearing on Wednesday, 8 April.
- Cleveland Police referred the case to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which reviews cases where police contact leads to death or serious injury, as detectives appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage.