Young man dies after being shot during police chase in Germany

A 22-year-old has died after he was shot by officers during a police chase in south-western Germany, prosecutors said on Sunday.

The incident unfolded at around 1 am (2300 GMT Saturday) after a vehicle attempted to evade a police check north-east of Saarbrücken, a city on the French border some 150 kilometres from Frankfurt.

The 22-year-old was driving the vehicle carrying two more men, a 23-year-old and a 19-year-old.

The 19-year-old sitting in the back seat was injured in the chase, a spokesman for prosecutors in Saarbrücken said.

A female officer was said to have been injured when the vehicle tried to turn around in a cul-de-sac as it was attempting to get away from police, prosecutors said in a statement.

Officers then fired shots at the vehicle, which came to a halt. The 22-year-old driver died due to his injuries.

Prosecutors declined to give further details pointing to ongoing investigations.