16/06/2015

Police Officers Injured In Moped Incident

Two police officers are being treated in hospital after being hit by a suspected stolen moped in Lewisham.

According to reports a female officer suffered a broken collar bone, and a male police officer suffered an ankle injury in the incident at about 23:30 on Monday night.

It is understood that the officers had been attempting to speak to two suspects, both on mopeds, outside the Glass Mill Leisure Centre, when one of them hit the officers as he tried to flee the scene.

The two suspects, aged 16 and 20, were arrested a short time later.

(MH/CD)

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