Cops hurt in crash on motorway; CHASE.A MAN was hospitalised and three police officers hurt after a crash during a motorway chase. The incident closed the M9 for seven hours while forensic experts combed the scene. The collision occurred at around 11.30pm on Thursday as two police cars pursued a vehicle which had earlier been involved in an incident. They crashed near Grangemouth, causing a huge tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction and closing the westbound lanes. A man aged 24 was taken to hospital with leg injuries. He is expected to appear at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Monday. One police officer suffered a broken shoulder and two received whiplash whiplash n. a common neck and/or back injury suffered in automobile accidents (particularly from being hit from the rear) in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently by the impact. injuries. |
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