Police officer hit by car on Holloway Road as man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was hit by a car in north London.

The Met police said it was alerted to an “altercation” between the occupants of a vehicle on Holloway Road on Sunday evening.

As officers went to approach the car, it drove off striking one of them.

The driver ran off but was arrested. Both the driver and the injured officer were taken to hospital.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “At approximately 7.40pm on Sunday, July 21, officers on patrol went to speak to the occupants of a car in Holloway Road, N1 after being flagged to an altercation involving the occupants. As the officer approached the car it drove off, colliding with the officer.

“The car was then involved in a collision in Navigator Square, N1 .The driver fled from the car but was arrested by officers on suspicion of attempted murder; he has been taken to hospital as a precaution.

“The officer who was struck by the car is not seriously injured. Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”

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