A seven-year-old was seriously injured in a crash near Preston which involved a car, tractor and police dog van.
Police said a tractor emerging from a field struck a Ford Fiesta, which in turn collided with a police dog unit vehicle.
An officer was also taken to hospital following the devastating crash, while the police dogs were examined by a vet.
The incident happened on Stubbins Lane, Claughton-on-Brock, near Preston at 11am today.
The road was closed on both sides of the M6, from Garstang Road to Lodge Road for around two hours after the collision.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: ‘A seven-year-old child passenger from the Ford Fiesta was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, and the other adult passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
‘The police officer was taken to hospital but has not suffered any serious injuries.
‘The dogs were taken to Hutton Headquarters to be examined by the vet. The driver of the tractor was not injured.’
The incident happened on Stubbins Lane, Claughton-on-Brock, near Preston at 11am today
An officer was also taken to hospital following the devastating crash, while the police dogs were examined by a vet
Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call Lancashire Constabulary on 101, quoting log 0531 of 15th July 2025.
It comes after a man was left with life-threatening injuries after a BMW crashed near a central London landmark on June 29.
Emergency services blue-lighted to a Piccadilly Circus roundabout at around 5.25am where a car had overturned near the iconic Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain.
Photos showed police tape sealing off roads and the crash scene where the heavily damaged black BMW was seen on its roof.
London Ambulance paramedics arrived within minutes of receiving a 999 call, with a 22-year-old man being rushed to a major trauma centre.
Another male, also aged 22, was also taken to a hospital. His condition was not believed to be life-threatening.
One witness said the car had seemed to have ‘driven straight into the fountain’.
