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Dearborn Heights police pursuit ends in deadly crash

Police chase ends in fatal accident in Inkster
Driver dies in crash trying to get away from police
Dearborn Heights police pursuit ends in deadly crash
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A Dearborn Heights police pursuit ended in a deadly crash this morning in Inkster.

Police say the chase started around 5 a.m. before the driver of the Chevy Cobalt they were pursuing crashed into a tree.

Sources say a female passenger in the car was killed and that crews were tending to the male driver. 

We're told the Cobalt slammed into a tree after officers tried to make a traffic stop a few blocks away.

One Inkster resident who lives near the site of the crash, said she disagrees with the decision to begin or continue a chase through a residential neighborhood.

The driver, who is in critical condition, was borrowing the car from a friend. Police have still not interviewed him while he remains in the hospital.