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Two officers were hurt and another man was rushed to hospital after a car was allegedly driven at police in west London.
The driver attempted to plough into the officers before driving off after officers approached his vehicle at about 2.50am on Monday near Holland Park roundabout, police say.
The car was stopped at the Shepherd's Bush Green entrance to the roundabout a short while later, according to Hammersmith and Fulham police.
Dramatic images posted on social media showed the aftermath of a collision between a police car and a smashed up white Citroën without a roof.
One man had to be cut from the car and taken as a priority to hospital by the London Ambulance Service (LAS).
Two police officers were treated for minor injuries following the crash.
Hammersmith and Fulham police tweeted: "Officers approached a vehicle in W12 to speak with occupants, vehicle has driven at officers. These officers avoided injury.
"Officers responding to assist their colleagues located & stopped the vehicle nearby. Two officers received treatment for minor injuries.
"Two males were detained and are en-route to custody on suspicion of various driving offences, theft of vehicle & attempted GBH."
Paramedics treated a man at the scene before he was taken to hospital.
An LAS spokeswoman said: "We were called today at 2.48am to reports of a road traffic collision on Holland Park roundabout.
"We sent an ambulance crew, incident response officer and a single responder in a car to the scene, with the first of our medics arriving in just over three minutes.
"We treated a man on the scene and took him to hospital as a priority."
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: “We were called at 3.01am to a road traffic collision at the Holland Park Roundabout involving a police car and another vehicle.
“One man was released from his vehicle and was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews. The incident was over for the brigade at 4.17am."
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