Officers narrowly escape serious injury in attempt to ram police car
Police officers have escaped serious injury after a car was driven at speed at their vehicle.
The incident happened in the Frosses Road area of Ballymena in the early hours of Tuesday.
Officers were on patrol in the area at around 1am when they spotted a black coloured Volkswagen Golf car, which had earlier been alerted for being driven erratically.
A PSNI spokesperson said upon seeing the police car, the Golf "sped towards them forcing the police driver to take evasive action to avoid a collision".
"Officers then followed the vehicle and noted that the driver was driving at speeds of up to 120mph, switching his lights off and braking unpredictably, attempting to put the officers following in danger," they said.
"The vehicle believed to have been involved in the incident was later located at an address in the Dervock area, and a 20 year old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police and assault on police.
"The man has since been bailed to return at a later date for further questioning."
Police have asked that anyone with any information about this incident to contact police on 101, quoting 52 10/01/2023.