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Motorist jailed for road rage attack on police officer
PA
15 December 2020, 5:50 pm
A motorist who mowed down a police officer during a road rage rampage at a supermarket has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Police said Damien Price, 30, had already attacked and reversed into a couple after seeing red in a row over a one-way system at a branch of Sainsbury’s in Pinhoe, Exeter
He then drove into Sergeant Alex Howden as he tried to stop the suspect fleeing the busy car park – sending him flying into the air and breaking his leg.
Damien Price had already run down one motorist when he drove at Sgt Alex Howden (Devon and Cornwall Police/PA).
Damien Price, 30, mowed down Sgt Alex Howden at a Sainsbury s in Exeter
Sgt Howden suffered a broken leg, along with head injuries after hit head on
Price had already attacked and reversed into a couple in a spate of road rage
Shocked onlookers managed to stop Price fleeing, before he bit another officer
He was jailed for six-and-a-half years after admitting GBH and dangerous driving