Female police officer, 21, injured after would-be-thieves ram police car following attempted raid

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For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A police officer has gone to hospital this evening after being injured when thieves rammed her patrol car following an attempted raid at a business park.

A manhunt is now underway after the 21 year-old female officer was left injured in the smash in Atherton, and the car was found abandoned nearby.

Police say they were called earlier this evening to reports of people breaking into units at Bluebell Business Park, off Bolton Road in the town which is in the borough of Wigan.

A GMP spokesman said when officers arrived in a patrol car they found the gates to the site closed so parked their car outside the gates.