Express & Star

Police car flips over in dramatic M6 chase

The M6 was closed for several hours after a police car flipped over during a dramatic motorway chase.

Published
Last updated

The car ended up down an embankment after a crash between junctions 13 and 14, near Stafford, while police were pursuing a suspected stolen car last night.

A black Ford Fiesta attempted a dangerous manoeuvre before it collided with the police car at around 10pm.

The driver of the Fiesta, aged 28 and from Liverpool, fled the scene but was later arrested in a nearby field.

Both drivers were treated at the scene but nobody was seriously injured and the M6 northbound was closed for several hours while debris was cleared off the road.

A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "We received an alert of a stolen vehicle travelling between junctions 13 and 14 of the M6 northbound at around 9:50pm last night.

"Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) were subsequently deployed.

"Unfortunately a collision occurred with the police vehicle when the black Ford Fiesta, which is believed to have been stolen, attempted to make a dangerous manoeuvre.

"The driver, a 28-year-old man from Liverpool, then fled the vehicle, but was arrested in an adjacent field for dangerous driving. No one was injured in the collision."

Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article.