Car crashes into Bristol home as police officer injured at scene

Summarised from BristolLive's report · Updated 4 Nov, 21:57 · Archive

A car crashed into a Bristol home early on Wednesday, and a police officer was injured when a second vehicle struck emergency vehicles at the scene.

A Citroen C4 crashed into a home on Morris Road in Lockleaze, Bristol, at 3.25am on Wednesday. The property occupants were uninjured and the house has been made safe, with Bristol City Council supporting the residents. A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs, taken to hospital for assessment, and later released into police custody.

While emergency services were attending, a Volkswagen Golf was driven towards the scene. A police officer on foot was injured while attempting to stop the vehicle, which then collided with police vehicles and a fire engine. No police officers required hospital treatment. Two further men were taken to hospital for assessment and treatment and have since been released.

A man in his late teens and a second man in his twenties were arrested and remain in police custody in connection with offences including dangerous driving and possession with intent to supply cocaine. Avon and Somerset Police stated that a second officer was lucky to avoid injury at the scene.

Read the report

• Police update after VW Golf hits officer and crashes into fire engineThe incident happened after a car crashed into a homeBristolLive · 5 Nov, 13:03
• Car slams into Bristol home before VW Golf hits police officer and crashes into fire engineWhile emergency services were dealing with the incident, a second vehicle was driven towards the sceneBristolLive · 4 Nov, 16:16

In this story: Avon and Somerset Police · Bristol City Council · Morris Road · Lockleaze · Bristol

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