This is the shocking moment a police officer chasing a suspect on foot was hit by his own colleague’s van.

Following the incident in Manchester yesterday, the officer needed hospital treatment after suffering leg injuries.

In the footage a police van can be seen pulling up at the junction of Leicester Road and Symons Street.

In the footage a police van can be seen pulling up at the junction of Leicester Road and Symons Street

An officer immediately jumps out and starts running towards a man standing on the pavement, who quickly races away.

But as the patrol van follows the pair, the officer on foot begins to fall and the vehicle runs over him.

A Detective said the clip shows how officers ‘put themselves in difficult situations to keep our streets safe on a daily basis’, reported the Manchester Evening News.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman confirmed the officer who was hit by the van was chasing a man he believed to be wanted at the time.

An officer immediately jumps out of the van and starts running towards a man standing on the pavement, who quickly races away

But as the patrol van follows the pair, the officer on foot begins to fall and the vehicle runs over him

A 29-year-old was arrested on prison recall after the collision, the spokesman added.

A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service said: ‘We received a call at 3.03pm. We sent an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the scene.

‘The patient was taken to North Manchester General Hospital with leg injuries.’

Detective Chief Inspector Amanda Delamore from GMP’s Salford Borough said: ‘Officers put themselves in difficult situations to keep our streets safe on a daily basis, and sadly on this occasion it has ended with one of our officers in hospital.

‘My thoughts are with the officer, we wish him a speedy recovery and hope to have him back protecting us all as soon as possible.’