NSW:Two unmarked police cars in accidents

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2010
NSW:Two unmarked police cars in accidents

SYDNEY, Aug 14 AAP - Two unmarked police cars have been involved in separate accidents
in Sydney and Newcastle.

A 26-year-old man was knocked down by an unmarked police car in western Sydney about
7.15pm (AEST) on Friday.

Police say the officers were driving to an incident at Seven Hills when they hit a
pedestrian who stepped off the kerb on Blacktown Road at Blacktown.

The man sustained minor injuries and was taken to Westmead Hospital.

Earlier, two officers in an unmarked police car on Maitland Road at Mayfield near Newcastle
collided with another car at about 6pm (AEST) on Friday.

The two male officers, who had been driving with their lights and siren on, were taken
to John Hunter Hospital.

The two occupants of the other car did not require hospital care.

Police are investigating both incidents.

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