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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

Audi driver smashes into police car after driving 130mph on the hard shoulder

An Audi smashed head-on into a police car after a high speed chase that saw it being driven 130mph on a motorway hard shoulder. The car, which was on cloned number plates, was pursued across Bolton on Wednesday before it made its way onto the M61.

There, police say, it was spotted doing 130mph on the hard shoulder before it hit a police car head on on Smethurst Lane. The driver ran off, but was arrested a short time later.

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GMP Traffic tweeted: "This cloned Audi was pursued by #SRTTaskingTeam in Bolton today, having made its way across Bolton it was then driven over 130mph on the hard shoulder of the M61 before then colliding head on with another police vehicle on Smethurst Lane, the driver fled on foot and was arrested."

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