The police received several 999 calls

Officers were called to the scene on Friday evening (Image: Swadlincote Police SNT)

Police have charged a man after a Range Rover was involved in a number of traffic offences last week , including driving "head-on towards a marked police vehicle" and colliding with a car with a baby inside.

Officers received a call to Ticknall Road near Scaddows Farm, between Ticknall and Swadlincote , after receiving "multiple" 999 calls regarding a vehicle swerving on the road and causing damage.

The Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team's PC Alex Boniface saw the vehicle before the calls had been dispatched, and the vehicle had travelled head-on towards his marked police car, causing officers to take evasive action to prevent a crash.

The vehicle then

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