Police car in crash outside BRI
POLICE officers in a squad car that crashed on a 999 call have been suspended from driving duties.
The crash happened outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary at around 1.10pm yesterday as the police car was responding to a report of a vulnerable woman threatening to commit suicide.
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The scene of the crash involving a police car at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Photo courtesy of Gareth Boulton
A police spokeswoman said the call was classed as a "high priority blue light response". She said the car was passing stationary traffic in Upper Maudlin Street when it was in a "slow speed impact" with a Land Rover Freelander turning into the entrance of the BRI.
The occupants of both cars were treated for minor injuries.
The spokeswoman said the officers' suspension was automatic while the incident is investigated.
The vulnerable woman was later said to be safe and well.
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