NYPD

Driver strikes NYPD officer while fleeing traffic stop

After officers attempted to stop the driver, they accelerated toward an officer, striking him and injuring his leg

November 02, 2024 06:00 AM

By Roni Jacobson, Kerry Burke
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — An NYPD officer’s leg was injured Tuesday when a driver plowed into him in Brooklyn after cops tried to stop the man for driving without a license plate, police said.

At around 9:30 p.m., officers spotted the vehicle and tried to pull it over near Forbell St. and Sutter Ave. But instead of stopping, the 25-year-old driver accelerated toward one of the officers, injuring his leg, cops said.

The officer was taken to an area hospital in stable condition; the driver was arrested and is in custody, police said.

One of the officers involved fired his gun but did not hit anything, a police source told the Daily News. The NYPD would not immediately confirm that detail.

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