High-speed Kirkby crash after dramatic chase to feature on tonight's episode of Police Interceptors

The programme which features Nottinghamshire Police will start with a bang as it focuses on an incident where a car in Kirkby crashed at high-speed after it was being pursued by officers.

Four youths who were travelling inside the damaged vehicle were then chased by police on-foot before they were arrested by two offices who ‘had to make a split-second decision’ about which way to go.

All the suspects were apprehended at the scene with the help of backup and one of the force’s police dogs.

Police Interceptors which is on Channel 5 at 8pm tonight (February 8) will capture the moment firearms officers were first made aware of a vehicle suspected to be driving on false plates at around 3.10am on February 28.

While police made their way to the scene they received a radio call that the car had failed to stop for colleagues and had gone through a red light before turning onto the A38 and then onto Sutton Road in Kirkby.

Officers were already on Sutton Road and watched as the suspected vehicle drove straight towards them, while travelling at more than 80mph in a 30mph zone but then lost control at a mini roundabout and collided with a van.

The suspected car was then driven on with smoke and sparks flying out from the front of it and the front wheel had completely buckled under the car before it eventually stopped in the middle of the road.

Four men jumped out of the vehicle and split in different directions before they were arrested by the force with the help of back up and a police dog.

Superintendent Claire Rukas said: "This incident really highlights the dangers of a high-speed pursuit and the lengths that some suspects go to in a bid to try and escape capture by police.

"But there really isn't any point in trying.

"My teams are specially trained in a number of pursuit tactics and have additional resources at their fingertips.

"We also have the ability to use intelligence and technology like automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) so there really is nowhere to hide from us.

"It poses a massive threat to the safety of other road users and that is our primary concern when a vehicle is being driven so dangerously and mindlessly out of control.

"Thankfully, like in this instance, most of the time the most serious injuries are caused by a bite from one of our police dogs as they assist in tracking down the suspects."

The final Interceptors episode of the series also features the arrest of a pair of drug dealing brothers who are caught red handed during an early morning drugs raid.

Police are filmed in action as they take down a digger thief who attempted to make a three-mile-an-hour getaway while refusing to stop.

The programme is on My5 at 8pm tonight and season two of Police Interceptors, will feature Nottinghamshire Police again when it is screened later this year.

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