BMW carrying four people smashes through railings and plunges into a CANAL ...

BMW carrying four people smashes through railings and plunges into a CANAL after being chased by police when the driver failed to stop Three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of theft of a vehicle They all suffered non life-threatening injuries after falling into the waterway The rescue operation was described as 'long and tricky' and went until 2am Their car dropped 12ft into the canal and the rescue operation went on for hours

By Liz Perkins For Mailonline

Published: 20:52 GMT, 2 March 2019 | Updated: 20:52 GMT, 2 March 2019

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Four people were rushed to hospital after their car smashed through railings and plunged 12ft into a canal following a police chase.

Officers tried to block the BMW but it was in collision with a fence along Vaughan Way in Leicester on Friday evening and ended up in the Grand Union Canal, which is two foot deep.

A woman is still being treated in Leicester Royal Infirmary but she is not believed to have been seriously injured.

Police confirmed three men, aged 28, 24 and 23, and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and theft of a motor vehicle.

Fire crews joined forces with recovery teams to carry out the two-hour recovery operation to remove the BMW from the canal, which went into the early hours of the morning.

An eyewitness told Leicestershire Live said: 'There were six fire engines, at least 15 police cars and four ambulances at the scene.

'They pulled four people, three men and a woman, in their