THIS is the shocking moment a van was seen hurtling the “wrong way” down the A20 in a police chase before being rammed by cops.
Footage appears to show a white Citroen repeatedly swerving between lanes on the major A-road in Kent on Sunday.
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The video, filmed by a passenger in a vehicle travelling on the opposite side of the road, shows the van hurtling along the eastbound carriageway with its hazard lights flashing.
Dozens of motorists scrambled to avoid a head-on collision as the vehicle motored down the A20.
The Citroën allegedly exited the dual carriageway by driving the wrong way up a slip road.
Officers then rammed the vehicle off the road in Bromley, south-east London, before arresting the driver.
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Shocking images from the scene show the allegedly stolen vehicle suspended in the air, surrounded by shattered glass.
The van was stopped by police on Mottingham Road, Bromley, after it was pursued around 17 miles from Swanley into London.
At least eight police vehicles were pictured at the scene as cops swarmed the area.
Kent Police said the incident began after the van was allegedly taken from an address in Swanscombe.
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It then travelled into London after failing to stop for officers in Swanley.
The pursuit ended on Mottingham Road at around 7.40pm on Sunday, August 30.
One Met officer suffered an injury to his hand during the incident and was taken to hospital.
He has since been discharged and no other serious injuries were reported.
Barney McGinley, 33, has been charged with causing serious injury by driving a vehicle dangerously, dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and no insurance.
He appeared before Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where he was remanded in custody.
A spokesman for Kent Police said in an updated statement: “Kent Police was called at 2.55pm on Sunday to a report that a man had smashed a window and taken a van that did not belong to him from an address in Swanscombe.
“The owner of the property was known to him. At around 6.45pm Kent Police officers located the van in the London Road area of Swanley.
“It did not stop and travelled into London, where Metropolitan Police officers assisted in the detention of the driver after making tactical contact with the vehicle in Mottingham Road, Bromley.
“One Metropolitan Police officer suffered an injury to his hand during the incident and no other serious injuries were reported.”
It comes just days after two hero police officers were killed in a split-second horror when a car packed with five young men came racing the wrong way down the A66.
The VW Passat smashed head-on into their patrol car, killing PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38.
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Days before this tragedy, five teenagers died in a separate but similar wrong-way motorway smash in Ireland.