A rogue Brooklyn driver rammed two cop cars and struck an on-foot officer while fleeing a traffic stop over the weekend, according to authorities.
Police had stopped the motorist in Williamsburg around 8 p.m. Saturday for mismatched license plates and excessive window tints, law-enforcement sources said.
When the cops approached the man’s white 2018 Infiniti Q50S at the intersection of Wallabout Street and Broadway, he hit the accelerator, smashing into two cop cars, police said.
Cops say this man used his car to ram two police vehicles and run into the leg of an officer. NYPD The suspect then reversed and nailed the leg of an officer standing outside one of the cruisers, according to cops.
After striking the officer, the perp sped off on Wallabout, NYPD officials said. He is still in the wind.
He was with a female passenger, but she is not wanted by the police, authorities said.
The Infiniti driver was with a female passenger, police said. NYPD The officer that was backed into suffered a leg injury and some lower body bruising, authorities said.
The officer was taken by EMS to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition, according to sources.
The NYPD released a photo and video of the perp, asking anyone with info to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline: 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), log onto the Crime Stoppers website or message @NYPDTips on X.
