{"id":609776,"date":"2025-12-03T15:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609776\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:27:16","slug":"police-car-crashes-on-way-to-emergency-call-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609776\/","title":{"rendered":"Police car crashes on way to emergency call-out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No-one was injured in the crash<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_IBP_NEC_260722police_02JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A stock picture of a police car(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A police car was involved in a crash on its way to an emergency call-out in North Bristol yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">The incident happened in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/filton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Filton<\/a>, near to the junction with Braemar Avenue, at around 4pm on Tuesday, December 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A marked police car was being driven towards <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/southmead\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Southmead<\/a> with emergency lights and sirens activated when it crashed into a VW Polo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Avon and Somerset Police said that no one was injured in the crash and asked for any witnesses who have footage to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said: &#8220;A police vehicle was involved in a non-injury collision Filton on Tuesday 2 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;A marked police car was being driven towards Southmead with emergency lights and sirens activated, when it was involved in a collision with a VW Polo being driven by a member of the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;The collision happened at about 4pm near to the junction with Braemar Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;Enquiries are underway and anyone who witnessed or has any footage which could help is asked to call 101 and give the reference 5225338596.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No-one was injured in the crashA stock picture of a police car(Image: Newcastle Chronicle) A police car 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