Armed Police car involved in a collision while it was on its way to deal with a firearms incident

The collision happened at around 5.45pm yesterday (Saturday, February 28) in Goldsmith Avenue when one of its Armed Response Vehicles was involved in a collision with one other vehicle. No injuries were reported as a result.

Hampshire Police has confirmed that the ARV unit was responding to an incident at the time of the collision.

As previously reported by The News, police were called to a report of a firearm twice being fired from a window at Wilmcote House, Tyseley Road in Somerstown.

Officers from the Armed Response Vehicle unit attended the scene and arrested three people.