Officer struck by out-of-control Dodge Charger in Greenwich Village
GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- An on-duty police officer was struck by an out-of-control car in Greenwich Village on Friday.
The 26-year-old officer was walking to his cruiser, parked on Seventh Avenue at West 13th Street just before 8 a.m. That's when a Dodge Charger with Pennsylvania license plates, traveling southbound on Seventh Avenue, struck a street sweeper and then went out of control, striking the officer.
He was pinned between the Charger and a marked police vehicle.
The officer was rushed to the hospital in stable condition.
The driver of the Charger was taken to Bellevue Hospital for complaints of pain.
He is in stable condition and in custody with charges pending.
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