DASH cam footage has emerged of a crash in Southampton city centre which flipped a police van - leaving one officer needing hospital treatment.

The incident happened at around 1.45pm on Tuesday on Town Quay after the police vehicle, turning into High Street, collided with a white van.

As reported, one of the officers in the vehicle was taken to University Hospital Southampton for "further assessment and treatment", South Central Ambulance Service says.

A spokesperson added that they had sustained "minor injuries".

The other officer in the vehicle, as well as the driver of the white van, were also said to have sustained minor injuries, but were treated and discharged at the scene.

Now, dash cam footage has appeared on social media of the crash, which shut the road for several hours.

As reported, a spokesperson for Hampshire police said: "The crash happened at 1.44pm and involved a marked police car and a Nissan VC300 van.

"The two police officers in the van suffered minor injuries, as did the driver of the Nissan.

"No-one else was involved in the crash."

"Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call us on 101 quoting incident 44210160069."