A police car was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Margate last night (October 18).
Police in the vehicle were responding to an emergency call when they were involved in the collision in Cecil Square.
The road was closed for around two hours. Kent Fire & Rescue Service also attended the scene. There were no serious injuries reported.
A Kent Police spokesperson said: “Shortly before 8pm on Wednesday 18 October, a Kent Police car travelling to an emergency call was involved in a collision with another vehicle in Cecil Square, Margate.
“The road was closed while the incident was responded to but reopened at around 10.15pm. No serious injuries were reported.”
A South East Coast Ambulance service spokesperson said: “Ambulance crews attended the scene following reports of a two vehicle collision.
“One person was assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for further checks.”
Drivers are not what they used to be, police drivers included, standards have dropped.
And a very greasy road surface wouldn’t have helped in stopping ether car especially if police car was at speed coming up to traffic lights, the good thing is nobody was seriously injured.
this seems an all too often event involving police cars up and down the country
The police car was at fault?
This happened just as the police at another incident (unreported) was finishing in Northdown Road at the zebra crossing on the junction of Athelstan Road. Something went on there to cause Northdown Road to be closed in both directions around 6.30 – 8.00pm on Wednesday causing buses to have to reverse back to take another route past. Two ambulances and many police officers involved.
Edit: Reported not unreported.