Police car crash probed

A MAN aged 40 remains critically ill in hospital today after being hit by a police car in Barnsley.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the incident in the early hours of Sunday, in which a 36-year-old woman was also knocked down. Her condition is stable.

West Yorkshire police were dealing with an altercation about a taxi on the A61 Wakefield Road, near Staincross, when the pair were hit by a marked South Yorkshire police car travelling towards Wakefield on unrelated duties.

Two officers were in the vehicle, which was not on an emergency call.