Pictures show the damage left to a Darlington home after a police car crashed through the garden wall and into the front of the house.
Durham Police say officers were going with blue lights to reports of a man threatening members of the public with a knife when the vehicle left the road.
It ploughed through the front wall of a home on Elmfield Terrace, Darlington and came to rest against the front of the house at about 7.25pm on Sunday evening.
Neither the officer or residents in the house suffered any injuries. The officer was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Pictures from the scene this morning show the wreckage of the garden wall where the armed response vehicle crashed into it.
The front window of the home has been boarded up with the brickwork underneath appearing damaged.
One resident said the road was icy when the incident happened.
Police previously said a structural engineers would assess the damage to the building.
A force spokesperson said: “The specialist Armed Response Vehicle was travelling on blue lights on Elmfield Terrace, in Darlington, when it left the road and collided with the front of a house at around 7.25pm today.
“Thankfully, the occupants of the house did not suffer any injuries.
“A police officer has been taken to hospital as a precaution.
“A structural engineer is due to attend the scene and assess the damage to the building. People are asked to avoid the area if possible.”
Officers located and arrested a suspect in connection with the reports of a knife-wielding man threatening the public.
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