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YESTERDAY, MAZYAR AZARBONYAD, 20, WAS JAILED FOR 14 MONTHS AFTER HE CAUSED THE COLLISION INVOLVING A BMW AND FIVE POLICE VEHICLES 01:00, 03 Jun 2025 Four Northumbria Police officers are

still yet to return to work after the A1 horror crash, which has seen 20-year-old Mazyar Azarbonyad be jailed for 14 months. The collision in Newcastle, which involved a BMW and five police

vehicles, left seven officers needing hospital treatment, with three of those now back on active duty. In Newcastle Crown Court on Monday, Jolyon Perks, prosecuting, described the

officer's injuries, saying: “Several police officers required hospitalisation and treatment for injuries. "Several police officers had to be cut out of the police vehicles. None of

the officers suffered serious injuries but at the time the incident was very traumatic and resulted in injuries." The court went on to hear that a female officer suffered soft tissue

injuries to her knee and nerve damage to her back, and was in hospital for three days. She still needs physio and may need up to six months off work to recover, as well as being affected

psychologically. On top of this, a male officer suffered a cut to his head, concussion and whiplash, and a number of other officers were rendered unconscious. Article continues below

Previously, Mazyar Azarbonyad pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two counts of failing to stop a motor vehicle when required by a constable, six counts of no insurance use, and six counts

of driving otherwise than in accordance with licence. Then, yesterday, Azarbonyad, of Sylvia Terrace in Stanley, attended court, where a judge sentenced him to one year and two months in a

young offender institution, and disqualified him from driving for three years and seven months. Superintendent Billy Mulligan, of Northumbria Police, said: "I would like to recognise

the bravery of the officers involved in the pursuit and subsequent collision on the A1. Article continues below "While three officers have been able to return to duty, four of our

colleagues remain off work, and I wish them all the best in their recovery. They were simply doing their job, protecting the public from the actions of someone who was not even qualified or

insured to drive. "We have a zero-tolerance approach to this type of behaviour, and we are committed to bringing offenders to justice and ensuring our roads as safe as possible."

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