Definition of accident usually includes concepts of "unexpected", "unintentional", "unforeseen".
The boys should, and the police do know that riding a bike inappropriately is risky and may cause an incident resulting in injury or death. It was not an accident.
It would not be acceptable if the police were unable to pursue miscreants for fear there may be an "incident".
The question therefore is whether the police were over zealous in their pursuit (if they were actually in pursuit) and unreasonably contributed to the incident.
That the boys failed to stop and may have been breaking the law makes it likely they are substantially responsible, although we need to await the outcome of the investigation to form a balanced conclusion.
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