MEMBERS of the public managed to disarm a man wielding a knife after a crash "escalated".
The road traffic collision was on Larkhill Close, in the Roundhay area of Leeds.
It happened on Saturday, January 23.
Officers from West Yorkshire Police's Operation Jemlock team - the force's dedicated initiative for tackling knife and serious violent crime - rushed to the scene, after the situation "escalated".
A man began wielding a knife and members of the public bravely stepped in to disarm him.
Police arrested a 25-year-old male and he has been charged to court.
A spokesperson for the force said: "Operation Jemlock officers attended a report of an RTC on Larkill Close in Leeds.
"It had escalated and resulted in members of the public disarming a 25-year-old male of the pictured knife.
"Arrested and charged to court, but could have had a very different ending."
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