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Two people have been arrested after a police officer was attacked as she attended a report of a vehicle crashing into a wall in Dudley in the early hours of New Year’s Day, West Midlands Police confirmed.
Officers were called to Robert Street in Lower Gornal just before 05:30 following a collision involving a Ford Ranger. Police said a man was seen walking away from the scene and an officer was punched in the throat as she tried to stop him getting into a nearby Range Rover driven by a second person.
The Range Rover left the area, but officers, including traffic and drones units, later located two suspects in the Swindon area of South Staffordshire. A 46 year old man was arrested at around 07:30 on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and drink driving, while a 48 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.