A police officer has been treated in hospital for injuries after a car rammed a patrol vehicle during a pursuit on the M22 yesterday evening near Staffordstown (Saturday 25 April).
A blue BMW was detected travelling at excessive speed on the M22 by a PSNI Road Policing and Safety patrol.
The vehicle did not stop and a pursuit was then authorised.
The BMW continued to try to evade the police car which was then rammed, forcing it off the carriageway.
The police driver was subsequently treated in hospital for extensive whiplash injuries.
The BMW was then abandoned in a layby on the Moneynick Road and the driver is believed to have made off on foot across nearby fields towards the Staffordstown Road.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who captured footage is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference 1486 25/04/20.