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Melissa Major & Graeme Murray

Police car flips over and crashes into garden as dramatic footage captures aftermath

Dramatic footage shows the aftermath as a police car flips over and crashes into a garden.

Residents were aghast after the car smashed through a wall and landed on its roof.

The police patrol car flipped in Workington, Cumbria last night at around 9.30pm as cops rushed to an emergency.

LancsLive reports the collision involved a red Suzuki car before the police car went through a garden wall, ending up on its roof. The two officers travelling in the car suffered minor injuries.

No one else was hurt during . The road was closed for some time while it was investigated and the cars recovered.

A video shows the aftermath after the Cumbria police patrol car was involved in a crash (Lancs Live/Donkey Junk)
The aftermath after police car flips over and crashes into garden (Lancs Live/Donkey Junk)

In a video supplied to CumbriaLive, by local Facebook page Donkey Junk, the police patrol car is seen on its roof after flipping over the garden wall. A number of residents have gathered on looking at the damage.

A spokesperson for Cumbria Police said: "A Cumbria Police patrol car has been involved in a road traffic collision in Mossbay Road in Workington this evening (9 July).

Nearby residents were astonished at the crash (Lancs Live/Donkey Junk)

"The incident occurred at around 9.30pm when the police car, which was travelling to an emergency incident, was in collision with a red Suzuki car before the police car collided with a garden wall, ending up on its roof.

"The two officers travelling in the patrol car suffered minor injuries. Nobody else was injured in the incident."

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