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| Police ram A3 wrong-way driver head on | |
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| Police officers in an unmarked car decided to ram a vehicle coming the wrong towards them on the A3 in Surrey when they realised it was not going to stop. | Police officers in an unmarked car decided to ram a vehicle coming the wrong towards them on the A3 in Surrey when they realised it was not going to stop. |
| Surrey Police said the officers took the decision to "make tactical contact, or ram it" as the vehicle, a VW Polo, approached them at speed. | |
| The Polo driver was taken to hospital and later arrested. | The Polo driver was taken to hospital and later arrested. |
| The officers were taken to hospital to be checked. | The officers were taken to hospital to be checked. |
| 'Head-on' collision | |
| Insp Richard Mallett, of Surrey Police, said the officers were travelling to the scene at Ripley at about 03:40 GMT when they saw the VW Polo approaching them southbound at speed. | Insp Richard Mallett, of Surrey Police, said the officers were travelling to the scene at Ripley at about 03:40 GMT when they saw the VW Polo approaching them southbound at speed. |
| He said they decided to make "tactical contact" and the cars crashed "head on". | He said they decided to make "tactical contact" and the cars crashed "head on". |
| The woman in the Polo is not thought to have been seriously hurt. | The woman in the Polo is not thought to have been seriously hurt. |
| Surrey Police said the driver was later arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drink or drugs. | Surrey Police said the driver was later arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drink or drugs. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed of the crash which is routine in such cases, Insp Mallett said. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed of the crash which is routine in such cases, Insp Mallett said. |
| The crash was one of two that closed the A3 in both directions overnight. | The crash was one of two that closed the A3 in both directions overnight. |
| A Vauxhall Zafira hit a fence on the northbound carriageway at Thursley at about 03:25 and rolled over several times. | A Vauxhall Zafira hit a fence on the northbound carriageway at Thursley at about 03:25 and rolled over several times. |