Major road closed after police car and scrambler bike crash

A cordon is in place on a busy road after a police car and scrambler bike crashed.

Merseyside Police and the North West Ambulance Service are in attendance on County Road at the junction of Eton Road in Walton. Police were called here this evening shortly after 8pm.

Around a dozen emergency services are at the scene including police matrix cars, police dogs and an ambulance. Huge crowds of men, women and children have gathered around the cordon as emergency services work inside.

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22:59Cheryl Mullin

Police issue statement

Police cordoned off a major road after a scrambler bike rider collided with a police car.

Around 7pm tonight (May 30), police received reports of a large group of men on scrambler bikes riding dangerously on a playing field with children nearby. The group were then seen riding on the wrong side of the road on Longmoor Lane, Fazakerley.

A police vehicle responding to the reports was later in collision with one of the scrambler bikes on County Road. Merseyside Police closed County Road between Eton Road and Andrew Street just after 8pm.

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22:27Cheryl Mullin

The ECHO understands a person on a motorbike was hit by a car

21:45Cheryl Mullin

Matrix police car inside the cordon

21:37Cheryl Mullin

Delivery drivers told to walk around cordon

21:23Cheryl Mullin

Police helicopter has been overhead

21:14Cheryl Mullin

Motorbike seen within the cordon

21:14Cheryl Mullin

Police confirm they are responding to a crash

21:09Cheryl Mullin

Ambulance has left the scene

21:03Cheryl Mullin

Video from the scene

21:00Cheryl Mullin

Map shows extent of the cordon

20:58Cheryl Mullin

There's a large emergency number of emergency services at the scene

20:52Cheryl Mullin

Our reporter is at the scene on County Road