North Yorkshire Police say that as the temperature plummeted to about -10C in some parts of the county on Thursday night (November 22) at about 1.45am a roads policing officer spotted a van parked on a rural road at Flixton near Filey.
The officer switched on his blue lights, but the driver didn’t want to stop and accelerated away.
What followed was a 30 minute pursuit along rural roads covered with ice and snow.
In the York control room a duty manager was monitoring the live video footage and radio commentary to assess the level of risk to the public and people involved.
Police say though, that thankfully, due to the treacherous weather conditions the pursuit remained at fairly low speeds.
The van continued towards Filey, before turning off on the main road towards Grindale, it then went over the border into the Humberside police force area.
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