A POLICE car was involved in a shunt at a busy Poole junction.

No one was seriously hurt in the collision, which involved a silver Citroen Saxo at the Waterloo Road and Cabot Lane junction, on Tuesday at 1.15pm.

An eyewitness snapped this photograph and sent it to the Daily Echo.

A police spokesman confirmed the patrol car was answering a 999 call.

The Citroen driver, a 32-year-old Poole man, sustained minor injuries but did not need hospital treatment.

Sgt Joe Pardey said: "It is important that I hear from anyone who witnessed the collision as this will help me to carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances."