Shocking photos show mangled wreckage of police car after thug in Transit van rammed into it SEVEN times leaving two officers with neck and back injuries
- Officers were targeted in Coventry, West Midlands, at around 1.30am on Friday
- Police had been called to Hummingbird Avenue after a fight broke out at a house
- A motorcyclist was also seen in the area deliberately driving at people
- After arriving, officers they were repeatedly ploughed into by a Transit van
Two police officers were injured when a thug van driver ploughed into their squad car seven times in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Shocking photographs show the mangled wreckage of the police car after the officers were targeted in Coventry, in the West Midlands, at around 1.30am on Friday.
Police had been called to Hummingbird Avenue after a fight broke out at a house and a motorcyclist was seen in the area deliberately driving at people.
Two police officers were injured when a thug van driver ploughed into their squad car seven times in the early hours of New Year’s Day in Coventry, in the West Midlands
There were also reports somebody was armed with a knife but as officers arrived they were ploughed into by a Transit van before they could step foot from the car.
They were rammed around seven times, the impact triggering the car’s airbags, before the driver reversed into another police car.
The driver tried making off but was cornered nearby and arrested.
Shocking photographs show the mangled wreckage of the police car after the officers were targeted at around 1.30am on Friday
He was taken to hospital because it was suspected he was under the influence of drugs. He will later be taken to a police station for questioning.
Three police officers – including two in the badly damaged patrol car – suffered neck and back injuries but were not seriously hurt.
Enquiries into the disorder continue.