Car hits police officer at Portadown parade

A car has hit a police officer and another person during a parade in Portadown on Sunday.

Presseye
Author: Damien EdgarPublished 4th Aug 2019

It happened shortly after 1pm on the Drumcree Road.

The silver Seat Alhambra hit the pair and then made off without stopping.

It was later found abandoned on the Churchill Road, with three men believed to have made off on foot.

Further reports had been received by police of the same car being driven dangerously through Portadown earlier in the day.

The police officer and member of the public were not seriously injured.