{"id":719687,"date":"2026-01-25T11:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/719687\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:59:21","slug":"psni-car-collides-with-taxi-in-belfast-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/719687\/","title":{"rendered":"PSNI car collides with taxi in Belfast City Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769342358_592_video.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Police car collides with taxi in Belfast <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A police car has collided with a taxi in Belfast City Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The incident happened shortly after 1am on Sunday as the police vehicle was responding to a call with blue lights activated<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The collision happened at the junction of Grosvenor Road and Great Victoria Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Moments after the crash, two police officers clambered out of the armoured Skoda Superb and began to assist the driver of the taxi and passengers in the back seat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A police car collides with a taxi in Belfast City Centre on January 25th 2026 (Photo by Kevin Scott) \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4ff44b19-579e-442b-8183-ad34f0197258.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">A police car collides with a taxi in Belfast City Centre on January 25th 2026 (Photo by Kevin Scott) <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Six other police units responded to the incident before closing a section of Great Victoria Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Passengers from the rear of the taxi were helped into a nearby police car, while firefighters arrived a short time later and assessed the driver\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He was later removed from the vehicle and taken to hospital by police.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A police car collides with a taxi in Belfast City Centre on January 25th 2026 (Photo by Kevin Scott) \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/83f485ae-60b2-4c3e-a87f-44fd8a875351.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">A police car collides with a taxi in Belfast City Centre on January 25th 2026 (Photo by Kevin Scott) <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A spokesperson for the PSNI said: \u201cA police vehicle was involved in a two-vehicle road traffic collision in the Howard Street area of Belfast City Centre shortly after 1.05am on Sunday, January 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThere have been no reports of any serious injuries at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe road has now reopened following the collision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police car collides with taxi in Belfast A police car has collided with a taxi in Belfast 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