A police car was involved in a collision with a taxi - while travelling to another road traffic accident.
An armed response vehicle was travelling on the A689 near Greatham towards Wynyard when it was involved in the collision at around 1.45am this morning, Friday November 7.
The 46-year-old male driver of the taxi is currently being treated at James Cook University Hospital for head injuries, which have been described as non-life threatening.
A 50-year-old male passenger travelling in the taxi was taken to the University Hospital of North Tees with a leg injury but has since left hospital.
A male police officer who was travelling in the armed response vehicle suffered minor injuries and was also taken to the University Hospital of North Tees.
He was treated and released.
The male driver of the police vehicle was uninjured.
Cleveland Police have confirmed that a mandatory referral has been made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, as is routine with these kinds of incidents.
The armed response vehicle was tasked to deal with the other accident as it was the closest police vehicle to the scene.
Any witnesses to the collision are asked to contact Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101.
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