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Mar
Man arrested after 100mph police pursuit near Knaresborough
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A man has been arrested following a 100mph police pursuit near Knaresborough.
North Yorkshire Police said it received information from South Yorkshire Police at 2.45am this morning about a BMW 5 series which was displaying suspected cloned plates. It had previously failed to stop earlier on in the night for officers in Doncaster.
The car was tracked down at junction 47 of the A1(M) at Allerton Park.
Officers then followed it south towards junction 44. As it reached the A1/M1 split the BMW then failed to stop, the force said.
Police pursued the driver, who hit speeds of more than 100mph. As it headed towards junction 42 the BMW’s front tyres started to deflate which reduced its speed and officers used this opportunity to make tactical contact and boxed the vehicle in on the hard shoulder.
A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, fail to stop for police and driving whilst disqualified. He currently remains in police custody.
Matt Harvey, traffic constable from North Yorkshire Police who was involved in the pursuit, said:
Working closely with our colleagues in the force control room we acted quickly and decisively to bring this pursuit to a stop to protect the public.
I’m pleased to say that no members of the public or officers were injured and on this occasion it’s just a couple of minor scrapes to our patrol vehicles.
Every night we remain committed to tackling serious and organised criminality within North Yorkshire. This incident shows that there are no borders, working collaboratively with our neighbouring forces we share information and resource to keep the public safe and take criminals off the streets
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