Ambulance carrying patient damaged in Liverpool crash

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The ambulance was badly damaged but the patient and medical staff were not hurt

An ambulance which was carrying a patient has been badly damaged in a crash.

A Peugeot car and the ambulance crashed on Lanshaw Lea in Netherley, Liverpool, at about 02:00 BST.

A 29-year-old woman, from Halewood, has been arrested on suspicion of driving while over the legal limit and is being questioned in custody.

No-one was injured in the crash but the ambulance was taken "off the road for repair", Merseyside Police said.

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