Glen Burdess was riding the quad bike on a field in Mendip Close, in Peterlee, on the afternoon on Wednesday, September 13, when he spotted officers nearby.
He refused to stop to speak with them, instead driving directly a one of them – resulting in him fracturing his tibia and fibula.
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