Two police officers injured after car strikes another vehicle and streetlight in Glasgow

Two police officers have been injured after their police car smashed into a streetlight following a collision with another car.

The marked police car and a red Renault Clio collided on Aikenhead Road in Glasgow near Cathcart Police Office.

Both cars then hit a streetlight and bollard in the accident at around 11.25am on Sunday.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: Two officers, both male, were injured in the crash and were taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment, neither are thought to have sustained any serious injury at this time.

The 59-year-old female driver of the red Renault Clio and her 35-year-old female passenger were also taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as a precaution.

The two male children in the car, aged 14 and three years, were not injured.''

He said both cars sustained significant damage in the crash and inquiries into the accident are continuing.