Police name driver killed in Shrewsbury A5 crash after burglary
Police have named the driver killed when a car being followed by officers after a burglary crashed on Shrewsbury's Emstrey roundabout.
One man died and another was seriously injured after the crash forced the closure of the A5 last Friday and ushered in hours of traffic chaos in the county.
The dead man was today named by police as Stefen Boswell, 20, from Wolverhampton.
A post mortem was held today and an inquest will be opened in due course.
The car was being followed by police after a burglary in Craven Arms.
Mr Boswell is believed to have been at the wheel of the Vauxhall Corsa that smashed into Emstrey Island near Shrewsbury, at the junction of the B4380 and the London Road, at about 2.15am.
He managed to escape the wreckage of the car but suffered a heart attack at the side of the road and died despite a battle by paramedics to save him.
A passenger in the car, a 19-year-old man, was trapped in the wreckage for about 40 minutes and was given emergency treatment by medics as firefighters battled to free him.
The man was subsequently taken to University Hospital North Staffordshire suffering from head, facial and suspected spinal injuries.
