Teenage biker ploughs into police car in Welling High Street (From News Shopper)

Teenage biker ploughs into police car in Welling High Street

4:31pm Wednesday 5th September 2012 in News By Tim MacFarlan, Bexley and north Kent reporter

A TEENAGE motorcylist crashed into a police car in Welling earlier this afternoon. 

Welling High Street was cordoned off after the bike had earlier failed to stop for police. 

A police spokeswoman said: "At approximately 1pm today a motorcycle was in collision with a marked police car after failing to stop in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling.

"No officers were injured.

"London Ambulance Service were called and the rider, a 17-year-old male, was taken to a south London hospital with a minor leg injury.

"He was later discharged and taken to a south London police station where he was arrested."

In a further development the rider has now been charged. 

A police spokeswoman said: "A 17-year-old youth of no fixed abode, was charged on September 5 with dangerous driving, failure to stop, driving without insurance and not in accordance with licence.

"He will appear at Bexley youth court in mid-September."