Police have released footage of a young driver who drove the wrong way on a motorway and crashed into a police car.

Mohammed Zafar had driven an Audi SQ5 the wrong way along the M65 before leaving the motorway at junction 14 at Colne.

Zafar’s Audi then crashed head-on with a police car.

One officer suffered a broken wrist in the crash the other suffering neck and back pain as a result.

A backseat passenger in Zafar’s car suffered a broken arm.

At Preston Crown Court on Tuesday Zafar, 21, of Lammack Road, was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking.

The Audi had been seen driving erratically in the Blackburn area on the evening of December 4, 2022.

Officers requested for the driver to stop but it failed to do so, and after a brief pursuit, the Audi was lost.

However, the Audi was seen again at 10.34pm in Nelson and a second chase began.

The Audi moved on to the M65 at junction 12, travelling eastbound on the westbound carriageway.

It was when exiting the M65 that it crashed with the police car on the roundabout.

Zafar ran from the Audi and was arrested.

Traces of his saliva were found on the driver’s airbag.

PC Lee Pendlebury said: “This was a dangerous and disgraceful piece of driving which put other road users at grave risk and resulted in two police officers being injured.

“The car was driven on the wrong side of the motorway for a considerable distance and collided with the police car when travelling the wrong way on a roundabout.”