Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 have been arrested following a car chase in Midlothian.
Officers pursued the car which had been reported stolen in Wallyford, East Lothian.
The Kia Rio was finally stopped in Dalkeith just after 2am on Monday morning and a police car was damaged during the incident.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Officers engaged in a pursuit in the Wallyford area of Musselburgh shortly after 2am on Monday after attempting to signal a vehicle, previously reported stolen, to stop.
“A Kia Rio was involved in a collision with a marked police car in the Salters Road area of Dalkeith and two males were detained shortly afterwards in the James Lean Avenue area.
“A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old have now been charged in connection with this and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
