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Liverpool Echo
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Tom Duffy

Three BTP officers taken to hospital after car crash

Three British Transport Police (BTP) officers were taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a van in Wirral.

The emergency services were called out to Leasowe Road in Wallasey Village at around 8.10am today ( Thursday) following reports of a crash between a Citroen Xsara Picasso and a BTP van.

Three BTP officers have been taken to hospital after the crash. Their injuries are not thought to be serious.

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A police spokesman told the ECHO : "We were called to Leasowe Road/Wallasey village at just before 8.10am today following reports of a road traffic collision between a Citroen Xsara Picasso and a British Transport Police van.

"Three BTP officers have gone to hospital to be checked over but there are not believed to be any serious injuries.

"The Citroen is in the process of being recovered from the scene. The van was able to be moved."

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