Sheffield cop taken to hospital with serious injuries after police chase on Burncross Road, Chapeltown

By Robert Cumber
Published 20th Feb 2023, 12:19 BST
Updated 20th Feb 2023, 12:19 BST
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A police officer was seriously injured while chasing a suspect, after violence flared in a Sheffield suburb.

Cops were called on Friday, February 17, at around 5.20pm, to reports that a number of individuals were being violent towards staff at the Thorncliffe Arms pub on Burncross Road.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “It is understood that the suspects then left the scene in a car, which was stopped on Burncross Road by officers. It is believed that a Sheffield PC was injured while giving pursuit to one of the suspects who fled the car. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries and has since been released.”

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Four people have been arrested. A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of Section 18 assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, public order offences, driving over the prescribed limit and possession of Class A drugs. A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and public order offences. A 37-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of public order offences. All four have been bailed pending further enquiries.

Police on Burncross Road in Chapeltown, Sheffield, where a PC was seriously injured during a chase after officers had been called to reports of violence at a pub. Photo: Carl BeresfordPolice on Burncross Road in Chapeltown, Sheffield, where a PC was seriously injured during a chase after officers had been called to reports of violence at a pub. Photo: Carl Beresford
Police on Burncross Road in Chapeltown, Sheffield, where a PC was seriously injured during a chase after officers had been called to reports of violence at a pub. Photo: Carl Beresford

Drone footage showed police flooding the area after the incident, with residents reporting seeing up to nine police cars, a police plane and numerous officers scouring the streets with sniffer dogs.

In a separate incident, police confirmed that a man had been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Chapeltown. The 28-year-old, from Rotherham, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of two counts of sexual assault on a female over 13.