Overview
- Police were called just before 5:30am to Robert Street in Lower Gornal after reports that a Ford Ranger had crashed into a wall.
- A man was seen walking away, and as a female officer tried to stop him entering a nearby Range Rover he punched her in the throat.
- The Range Rover drove off before traffic and drone units located the vehicle and two suspects in the Swindon area of South Staffordshire.
- Police arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and drink-driving, and a 48-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.
- West Midlands Police said the officer was not seriously injured, the vehicle was recovered, and both suspects remain in custody.