Manhunt after WPC run down

A DRIVER tried to run down a policewoman in an attempted murder.

The officer was speaking to the driver of a red Vauxhall Astra in Glasgow’s Sighthill area at 1pm on Tuesday when the car suddenly reversed, pulling her down the street.

The driver then got out of his car and fled on foot. The officer did not require medical treatment and was able to go back to work.

Police are treating the incident as attempted murder and are following a positive line of inquiry.

A spokesman said the woman was speaking to the driver ‘as part of an ongoing investigation’ before the car reversed, ‘carrying the officer for a short distance’.