Police car: Last News

A man has died after being struck by a police car in West Lothian on Boxing Day.

A 22-year-old woman who tragically died after being hit by a police car on Christmas Eve has been described as a cherished daughter by her heartbroken family. Rachael Louise Moore died on Saturday December 24, after being hit by the emergency vehicle in Liverpool.

An officer who flipped his police car onto its roof in a horror crash has been fined £470.

Shocking footage captured the moment an intoxicated van driver battered his vehicle against a police car. Dino Price, 22, targeted the cop car in an attempt to move it after officers flagged him down for speeding.

A 12-year-old boy allegedly stole a car from a Fife street before fleeing cops in a car chase.

Jay Leno hit a police car as he arrived for his much-hyped comeback performance on Sunday - six days after being discharged from a burn center following a fiery accident that seriously burned his face, chest and hands.The comedian, 72, was driving up to The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California with wife Mavis for his regular, evening set when the rear right tire of his Tesla collided with a police Jeep in front of scores of onlookers.Hearing the ominous crash, the police officers could be seen turning around startled as the TV legend pulled up in front of the club. Oh dear:  Jay Leno hit a police car as he arrived for his much-hyped comeback performance on Sunday - six days after being discharged from a burn center following a fiery accident that seriously burned his face, chest and handsThe star was filmed checking with police if he had 'hit their tire' with  cops saying it was 'no big deal', with no damage done to either of the cars. Jay, who was seriously burned after an explosion from one of his vintage cars set him alight, looked happy and healthy as he addressed the press, quipping: ‘Ah, the elephant man is here,’ He added: ‘I’m not stage yet, I just got here.

A police car smashed into another motor at a Honda dealership in Inverness.

A bodybuilder strangled a dog in the back of a police car before assaulting the officer who wrestled the animal away from his abuse. Michael McCormack, 33, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and assault of an emergency worker, reports Manchester Evening News.

A busy main road was closed off on Wednesday with a police car left in tatters after smashing into a metal barrier. Ashton Road, in Oldham, was cordoned off by the emergency services on Wednesday evening (October 19) after the crash, which is thought to have required people to be rescued from the wreckage.

A police car smashed into a wall as it pursued a vehicle in Aberdeen on Saturday evening.

Police have released CCTV pictures of a man they want to speak to after a police car was rammed by a stolen van.

Bosses at Oldham Pride claim they have been told that a Pride-themed police car has been banned from this weekend’s event due to concerns over ‘hate crime’.

A teenager almost crashed head-on into a police car as he drove a suspected stolen BMW the wrong way down the M60 after police chased the 18-year-old.

A young woman has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a police car responding to an emergency call in Aberdeen city centre.

A suspected drink-driver who was also banned from the road failed to stop for officers then rammed a police car.

An M62 driver claimed he had mistook a police car for an ambulance after failing to stop for officers.

A man was arrested after damaging a police car in an act of vandalism. The 30-year-old man was arrested on Friday evening (April 29) after climbing on and jumping on the ‘brand new’ police vehicle in the city centre.

A crazed knife thug who tried to stab eight police officers, telling one ‘You’ll die today‘, has been allowed to walk free.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested after a police car chase that left two people - including an officer - in hospital.

A BMW driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and dangerous driving after he fled on foot from his car following a police pursuit in Ashton.

Alan Carr’s estranged husband Paul Drayton has been jailed after drunkenly reversing into a police car with an alcohol test reading ‘off the scale’.Just days after Alan confirmed he was splitting from his partner of 13 years, a court heard how Drayton, 50, was ‘gambling with the lives of others’ when he got behind the wheel while several times the legal limit.He was seen swerving from side to side as police pursued him near his home in West Sussex in October last year.Drayton was told by the judge he had been ‘dicing with death’.He appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a single count of driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit at an earlier hearing.The court heard how worried members of the public had called police on October 9 last year, when they saw Drayton driving in Broadbridge Heath, West Sussex shortly before 3pm.Prosecutor Suzanne Soros said officers tracked him down and saw his vehicle ‘swerving from side to side’.Suspecting he was over the alcohol limit, they signalled for Drayton to pull over and he complied.‘The defendant then reverses into the police vehicle,’ Ms Soros said.Drayton was then boxed in by other police vehicles to prevent him making a getaway.A breath alcohol test returned a reading of 153 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath – four times the legal limit.John Dye, representing Drayton, said he had been suffering a ‘perfect storm in his life’ when he got behind the wheel on that day.He had been dealing with alcohol and mental health issues, had had to have a brain operation, and had been injured when falling from a horse, he told the court.Mr Dye added: ‘And the final straw, as is now well documented, his private live as well.‘His partner