A POLICE car has crashed after pursuing a driver in a high-speed chase through Herefordshire.

Police decided to follow a driver from Worcester after they spotted him speeding at 10.30pm on December 27. 

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The driver continued to drive at high speed down the M5, through Herefordshire on the M50, and into the B4221 near the Gloucestershire border.

The police car was badly damaged in a crash, and officers sustained minor injuries.

West Mercia Police and Gloucestershire Constabulary's enquiries are ongoing.