Reckless driver slams £50,000 Mercedes sports car into reverse and rams police car – leaving two officers injured – then speeds off

• Police officers suspected that the Mercedes that the man was driving was stolen
• The man, thought to be in his 40s, refused to stop and he rammed the police car 
• With the two officers injured, he then sped away in the Mercedes E220 sports car

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A driver of a £50,000 Mercedes is on the run after he used his sports car to attack two police officers and leave them needing hospital treatment. 

Officers are now hunting for the driver, believed to be a man in his 40s, after he failed to stop and reversed his grey Mercedes into a police car at speed.

After ramming the police officers in Colchester, Essex at 10.20am on Monday, the driver of the Mercedes E220 Sport then drove off.

He left two officers with neck and back injuries – though they have since both been discharged from hospital.

The driver also had a blonde woman in the passenger seat with him. 

Police say they were originally suspicious of the Mercedes as they believed the car was stolen.

But as they followed the vehicle, the driver failed to stop for officers and instead reversed into the police car.

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Officers are appealing for dashcam footage of the collision.  

The car has been described as a gunmetal grey Mercedes E220 Sport with a black roof.

An Essex police spokesperson said: ‘We believe the driver of the car was a man in his 40s and he had a blonde woman in the passenger seat with him.

‘As a result of the collision, we believe that the car will have substantial damage to the back of the vehicle’.

The Mercedes sports car failed to stop for officers and instead reversed and rammed into the police car at speed

After crashing into the police car and injuring two officers, the £50,000-Mercedes then sped away from the scene

The Mercedes was damaged in the collision with parts of it seeming to fall off after ramming into the police car 

Superintendent Nick Morris, Head of Operational Policing Command, said: ‘This is an appalling incident and I want anyone who witnessed it, or may have seen the car since, to come forward and speak to us.

‘Using a car as a weapon is unspeakably dangerous and reckless and I won’t tolerate our officers being assaulted.

‘If you have information about this incident, please call the Stanway Roads Policing Unit on 101 quoting incident 290 of 18/03.

‘Alternatively, if you don’t feel comfortable speaking to us, you can call Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111.’

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