Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a collision involving a police vehicle and a car in Fleetwood on Tuesday.
The emergency services were called at 2:59pm yesterday to Princes Way at the junction with Rossall Grange Lane, to a report of a road traffic collision.
A marked Police Ford Transit van with its emergency lights activated, was found to have been in collision with a BMW 220D.
The driver of the BMW, a woman in her 80s, suffered a chest injury and was taken to hospital where she remains for treatment.
A passenger in her car – a woman in her 80s – attended hospital but has since been discharged.
The officer driving the police van suffered an arm injury and was taken to hospital where he remains for treatment. Two other officers who were passengers in the van, were not injured.
A mandatory referral to the IOPC has been made, as is standard with incidents of this nature.
Police appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage from the area around the time it happened, to contact us.
Contact 101, quoting log 0798 of 30th September, or email the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at SCIU@lancashire.police.uk
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