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Officer hit by car during arrest Arrest crash officer 'critical'
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A female police officer was seriously hurt when she was hit by a car driven by a man she was trying to arrest. A female police officer is in a critical condition after being hit by a car driven by a man she was trying to arrest.
The detective constable, in her 30s, and from the West Midlands, suffered head injures in the incident in Hayes, west London, on Friday morning. Det Con Catherine Corbett, 39, from the West Midlands force, suffered head injures in the incident at 0800 GMT.
She was arresting the man in Bath Road when the suspect fled by getting into a car, knocking the officer over as he drove off. She was arresting the man in Bath Road, Hayes, west London, when the suspect fled by getting into a car, knocking the officer over as he drove off.
The Metropolitan Police is treating the incident as attempted murder.The Metropolitan Police is treating the incident as attempted murder.
Det Con Corbett, who was in plain clothes, was attempting to arrest the man outside the Sheraton Hotel.
Abandoned carAbandoned car
The detective was attempting to arrest the man outside the Sheraton Hotel when she was injured, a police spokesman said. The suspect, who was wanted in connection with a fraud inquiry conducted by the West Midlands force, crashed into another vehicle after hitting the officer.
The suspect, who was wanted in connection with a fraud inquiry conducted by the West Midlands Police force, crashed into another vehicle after hitting the woman.
He escaped in a blue Peugeot 207 which was later found abandoned in nearby Harlington Road.He escaped in a blue Peugeot 207 which was later found abandoned in nearby Harlington Road.
The officer is currently being treated in north London hospital for serious head injuries. The officer was with other officers, two of whom suffered minor injuries.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said the force was liaising with the Metropolitan Police over the incident.A spokesman for West Midlands Police said the force was liaising with the Metropolitan Police over the incident.