A 22-year-old woman who died in a car crash on Christmas Day has been named by police as Maria Carolina Do Nascimento. She was pronounced dead at the scene on the Brent Cross flyover in north-west London in the early hours of Sunday.
Four men, aged 21, 29, 29 and 32, have been arrested and bailed on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at a collision scene. The incident began when patrolling Met Police officers in a marked car indicated for a car to stop in Hendon Way at about 03:45 GMT.
The occupants of the car did not stop for officers, but Scotland Yard said police did not pursue it. The car was later involved in a collision with another vehicle, in which Ms Do Nascimento was a passenger, and crashed into a lamp-post. The occupants then fled the scene on foot. The male driver of the second car suffered a minor head injury.
Police are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage to come forward.
