Five police officers have been injured in a car crash.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a patrol car was involved in a collision with a taxi in the early hours today/yesterday.
The five officers were taken to hospital but none of the injuries are thought to be life threatening.
The crash happened in Dartford town centre in Kent around 3.20am.
A Kent Police spokesman said: “Witnesses are being urged to come forward after five police officers were injured during a collision in Dartford.
“The incident, which involved a Kent Police patrol car and a white Toyoya Prius taxi, happened in Home Gardens at around 3.20am on Sunday.
“All five officers were taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries of varying severity, none of which are believed to be life-threatening. No serious injuries were sustained by anyone who was travelling in the taxi.”
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Enquiries are being carried out by officers who are asking anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
It comes after two men, aged 39 and 60, and three women, aged 37, 22 and 65, were taken to hospital for treatment, following a hit-and-run in Scotland, also in the early hours of Sunday.
An abandoned silver Ford Fiesta with a smashed windscreen and missing wheels was pictured behind a cordon in Lothian Street, Edinburgh, this morning.
Police Scotland said it responded to reports of five pedestrians being hit by a vehicle in Rose Street, near its junction with Frederick Street, at around 12.40am.
The vehicle failed to stop at the scene and subsequently was involved in a crash with a bus, a spokesperson added.
They said the patients remain in a stable condition.
