Police officer and paramedic attacked on Friday evening after stopping to assist when lorry and stolen car collided on the M11Two off-duty emergency service workers were sprayed in the face with an “unknown substance” after stopping to help passengers inside a burning car following a serious collision on the M11. An off-duty policeman and an off-duty paramedic were attacked when they stopped to assist after they noticed a collision between a lorry and a car on the M11 in Essex. The two men in the car, which had been stolen, left the vehicle when it caught on fire and sprayed an unknown substance in the faces of the off-duty emergency service workers. Good samaritans who witnessed a serious collision stopped to provide urgent medical care, and were met by two dangerous offenders and seriously assaulted. Included in the group who stopped, were two off duty members of our emergency services.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2017 22:34 UTC