A video circulating on social media shows the police vehicle ramming into the cow and sending it skidding down the road - before approaching the animal for a second time and appearing to trap its head.
The home secretary has called for a 'full, urgent explanation' after a police car was filmed deliberately being driven into a cow twice. A video of the incident began circulating on social media this morning and shows a loose cow falling and skidding metres down a road after being hit by the vehicle. As the animal seems to be trying to get back on its feet, the car approaches for a second time.
Sky News understands the animal is a calf that doesn't yet have a name. Its owner does not know how the cow escaped and was only made aware it had done so this morning. The cow suffered a cut but no broken bones and is back at its farm recovering, where the main priority is calming the young animal down.
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