A POLICE officer was taken to hospital after being involved a crash after being called to an emergency.

A police car was in a collision with an Audi in Newton-le-Willows on Monday evening, November 14.

The officer driving the car, which was responding to an incident, suffered a minor injury to his head in the crash and was taken to hospital.

The collision took place on Victoria Road, near the junction with Winston Avenue.

A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "At around 6.15pm yesterday (Monday, November 14) officers were called to a report of a collision on Victoria Road involving a police car and a silver Audi A1.

"The officer driving the police vehicle suffered a minor injury to his head and was taken to hospital.

"The driver of the Audi remained at the scene."

  • Anyone who witnessed the incident, or has any information which could assist the investigation, is asked to contact @MerPolCC on Twitter or Merseyside Police Contact Centre on Facebook quoting reference 22000836432.