A POLICE officer was taken to York Hospital today following a high-speed chase involving a stolen car.

The drama unfolded at about 3.30am when police pursued a stolen Ford Fiesta which had been spotted in St Philip's Grove, Clifton.

The chase ended shortly after when the Fiesta crashed into an unmarked police car in nearby Bootham.

An officer in the car suffered a suspected broken arm and was treated at the hospital.

Three people have been arrested.

Updated: 09:21 Saturday, February 14, 2004