Video footage showed the truck smashing into police cars and other vehicles during the incident in Somerset.
0:34Multiple vehicles have been damaged after a privately-owned military truck was driven through a police road block.
Both police cars and other vehicles were caught up in the incident in the Taunton area of Somerset on Sunday afternoon.Officers went to an address in Norton Fitzwarren around 4.40pm after reports a man made threats to a person living there, said police.Police said the truck was driven into police cars blocking a road.
Video footage showed the truck on a bridge smashing into the back of one police car, pushing it forward several metres, causing it to end up at a 90 degree angle. The truck was then seen hitting other vehicles before smashing into a lamp post and a for sale sign, knocking them both down.It then hit a lamp post and for sale sign
After the incident, the man then drove to the A361 M5 overbridge where he left the vehicle, according to police.He was arrested 25 minutes later and he remains in custody.
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