United Kingdom: Two charged after police officer hit by car in Dudley
A man is set to appear in court on suspicion of dangerous driving after a police officer was hit by a car he was trying to stop in Dudley .
Mohammed Asim, from Queens Cross, is accused of colliding with the police sergeant in Wolverhampton Street at 3.30pm on August 6 before speeding away from the scene.
The 40-year-old officer needed hospital treatment for hand and leg injuries as a result of the collision.
Naila Yasmen, from Highfield Road in Saltley , has also been charged in connection with the incident.
It is alleged the 33-year-old shop worker falsely reported her car - the VW Golf believed to have struck the officer - as stolen just two hours after the collision.
She faces a charge of perverting the course of justice and, alongside factory worker Asim, is scheduled to appear at Dudley Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Detective Constable Pete Miller, from West Midlands Police Force CID , said: “Fortunately the officer escaped with minor injuries and was quickly discharged from hospital - but there is no doubt he could have been seriously hurt.”
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