{"id":33776,"date":"2021-03-18T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33776"},"modified":"2021-03-18T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:51:02","slug":"police-ram-car-to-stop-it-from-going-wrong-way-down-m18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/police-ram-car-to-stop-it-from-going-wrong-way-down-m18\/","title":{"rendered":"Police ram car to stop it from going wrong way down M18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A police car rammed a disqualified driver to stop him from escaping the wrong way down the motorway.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver of a dark blue Volvo was driving dangerously and using fake number plates on the A630 near Doncaster on Sunday 14 March and was overtaking other cars whilst heading to the M18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he got there, he went to go the wrong way down the exit of the motorway to escape police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Yorkshire Police said on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sypoperationalsupport\/posts\/1425378017840781\">Operational Support Facebook page<\/a>: \u201cWe cannot let that happen, he could have killed someone if he had successfully committed down the slip road. You just don&#8217;t expect to meet a car coming the opposite way on the motorway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt chills us to the bone to think about what might have happened.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, the Officer deliberately crashed into the car to stop it from putting even more people at very high risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo we rammed him\u201d, they said,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or to put it into our technical words, we used tactical contact to prevent serious harm or death. A decision made in a split second by the pursuing officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33782\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33782\" class=\" wp-image-33782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/161243196_1425377931174123_1494166721136805538_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"342\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The car after the collision \u00a9 South Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They said the officer put himself into harm&#8217;s way to protect others and to save lives: \u201cto stop someone so intent on getting away they would risk the lives of others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver, who was recently disqualified from driving, then tried to escape on foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To corner him, both ends of the motorway had to be closed in case he tried to run across it to escape police and endanger even more lives and his own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The officer who crashed the car was uninjured and the team said that all the car would need was some tender love and care.<\/p>\n<p>The driver has been detained, the car recovered and further enquiries are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33843\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33843\" class=\" wp-image-33843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/161203967_1425377984507451_7138701393292010317_o-300x217.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"421\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 South Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police car rammed a disqualified driver to stop him from escaping the wrong way down the motorway.\u00a0 The driver of a dark blue Volvo was driving dangerously and using fake number plates on the A630 near Doncaster on Sunday 14 March and was overtaking other cars whilst heading to the M18. 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