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Police and family hurt in crash | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Two police officers and a family of five have been treated in hospital after a police car and another vehicle collided on the M621 near Leeds. | |
West Yorkshire Police said a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with the rear of a police car on the hard shoulder of the motorway. | |
None of those hurt, including three children, suffered serious injuries. | |
The driver of the Astra has been arrested and police are now appealing for witnesses. | |
The crash happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M621 at around 1345 GMT on Christmas Day. | |
Two lanes subsequently had to be closed near junction one of the motorway, causing delays. | |
'High-speed impact" | |
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said officers in a marked car noticed the Astra behind them. | |
"The police vehicle pulled on to the hard shoulder of the carriageway where the Astra collided into the rear of the vehicle," he said. | |
"The high-speed impact shunted the police vehicle some considerable distance along the carriageway and into the central reservation." | |
The driver, who is believed to be from Scotland, has been arrested on suspicion of motoring offences. |
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