A hunt has been launched to trace a driver who deliberately smashed their car into the side of a police van. 

Alarming footage on social media shows the culprit reversing from a garage on Possil Road in Woodside and crashing directly into the police vehicle.

Glasgow Times:

The driver then quickly fled from the scene. 

Nobody has been injured as a result of the incident, which happened yesterday afternoon.

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Police inquiries into the smash are ongoing. 

Glasgow Times:

A spokesman said: "At 4.50pm on Tuesday, February 16, officers were in the Possil Road area as part of enquiries to trace a vehicle.

"A police van was damaged after it was driven into by the suspect vehicle several times. No-one was injured.

"The driver fled the scene and enquiries are ongoing to trace the individual and the vehicle."