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Driver charged after police pursuit

Dorset Roads Policing A car has rammed another car, leaving both badly damaged. The BMW has been shunted onto a pavement and has possibly hit a lamppost - its front and side are wrecked. The front of the unmarked police car is damaged. Another police car with markings is in the background.Dorset Roads Policing
An unmarked police car drove into the side of a BMW in Autumn Close in Ferndown

A 27-year-old man has been charged with driving offences following a police pursuit that ended in officers ramming a car to bring it to a stop in a cul-de-sac.

Police initially tried to stop the BMW, suspected of being on cloned plates, on the A35 at Tolpuddle, Dorset, on Sunday morning.

Dorset Police said the driver made off travelling at speeds of about 100mph (160km) in a 40mph (64km) and was seen dangerously overtaking other vehicles.

After the car was driven along the A31 into the Ferndown area police drove into the side of the car to stop it in Autumn Close.

Dorset Roads Policing A closer look at the two vehicles following the collision.Dorset Roads Policing
The driver was arrested for a number of serious driving offences, said police

A man from Chard, Somerset has been charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop when required by police, using a motor vehicle without valid insurance, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and fraudulently using a registration mark or document.

He is due to appear at Poole Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Car cloning involves people stealing or copying another car's registration plates, often choosing plates from a similar looking vehicle.

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