A teenager suffered serious leg injuries and another person escaped after a police car crashed into their moped and flipped during a high-speed chase on roads near Buckingham Palace.
Police began tailing the moped, its rider and pillion passenger at Hyde Park Corner at about 4.30am, after it matched the description of a vehicle believed to have been involved in a series of crimes.
Seconds later, in Grosvenor Place at the junction with Chapel Street, adjacent to the walls surrounding the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the moped collided with a second marked police car travelling in the opposite direction.
A boy aged 17 was injured in the collision and was taken to hospital. He has since been arrested on suspicion of a number of motoring offences. Police are trying to trace the second rider, who fled the scene.
No officers were seriously injured or required medical treatment.
The Met’s directorate of professional standards has been informed and a referral has been made to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.
