NYPD officer hospitalized after Inwood hit and run

INWOOD, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police are searching for the driver who struck an NYPD officer and took off.

Detectives flooded the area around Vermilyea Avenue in Inwood around 9 p.m. Sunday.

First responders rushed the officer to the hospital where he is expected to be okay.

No arrests have been made.

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