Officer arrested after car crash kills two innocent teenagers during police chase

David CauthronMaggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, died in collision as chased suspected car thief in Louisiana town

It was a tragically high price to pay for catching a suspected car thief: two innocent teenagers dead and a police officer jailed, facing serious charges for a car crash that resulted from the pursuit.

Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, who were cheerleaders for their high school in the southern Louisiana town of Brusly, died in the collision on 31 December. They’re the latest fatalities among hundreds every year attributed to accidents involving police pursuits in the US.