A car involved in an apparent hit-and-run with a couple on a tandem bicycle was being followed by police at the time, it has emerged.
Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, died at the scene of the incident in Hanham, near Bristol, on Sunday.
The matter has been referred to the police watchdog, the IPCC.
Police arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and a 35-year-old woman, on suspicion of dangerous driving.
Avon and Somerset Police said an officer was alerted to a Citroen Picasso travelling along Lower Hanham Road at speed, shortly before 16:00 GMT on Sunday.
A spokesman said the officer indicated to the car to stop but it made off.
The officer began to follow the car but lost sight of it.
Police said that shortly afterwards the car struck another vehicle and then collided with the cyclists.
'Tragic incident'They confirmed the Independent Police Complaints Commission was investigating.
Insp Frazer Davey said: "Following investigations overnight the circumstances of this collision have become much clearer.
"However I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this incident or saw this car in the area shortly before the collision to come forward and contact us.
"This is a tragic incident in which two people have needlessly lost their lives. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their families."
Residents have spoken of their shock at the deaths.
Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives nearby, said: "It's just a shock.
"We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police."
The landlord of The Queens Head pub, Patrick Murphy, said: "It's just not nice that this has happened around here."
A spokesperson for Great Western Ambulance Service said: "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services. But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene."
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