FIVE youths arrested for drug offences and stealing a car after a two-car crash in Witham on Friday have been bailed by police.
A police helicopter was scrambled at around 8pm and ground cars were on the scene at 7.45pm on Friday night after the collision in Powers Hall End.
The police helicopter was used to help track down a 22-year-old man and an 18-year-old man from the town who had fled from the Saxo after the crash.
A 22-year-old man and an 18-year-old man from Witham have been bailed pending further enquiries until Saturday, December 13.
A 16-year-old boy from Chelmsford, an 18-year-old man from Chelmsford, two 15-year-old girls from Maldon and a 19-year-old man from Haringey have been bailed pending further enquiries until Monday, December 15.
