Overview
- Police pursued a black Vauxhall Insignia on the A19 between Thirsk and Northallerton after a cloned-car report that came in Sunday evening.
- The driver entered the wrong carriageway toward oncoming traffic, which led officers to use a trained TPAC move, a controlled contact to stop the car.
- After the stop, firearms officers chased the suspect across a fence and a cornfield and arrested a man in his 20s who was treated in hospital and remains in custody.
- Police said the car was confirmed stolen from West Yorkshire and reported that a female passenger was checked at the scene, a patrol car was damaged, and an officer had minor injuries.
- The A19 was shut for several hours for recovery work, and investigators say enquiries continue into the cross-border theft and dangerous driving.