Two young children and a woman have been rushed to hospital after being hit by a police car. A police vehicle was in pursuit of a blue BMW when it collided with three pedestrians in Leicestershire, just after 4.40 pm today.

A woman in her 30s and two 10-year-old children were struck near the junction of Narborough Road and Upperton Road.

Emergency services transported all three to hospital.

The woman is believed to have suffered a “minor injury,” while the children were taken “as a precaution.”

Leicestershire Police are still searching for the blue BMW after the driver fled the scene.