"The incident unfolded just after 8 p.m. Saturday near Broadway and Wallabout Street in Williamsburg, where a driver plowed into an NYPD officer during a traffic stop."
"The hit-and-run driver then sped south on Wallabout Street and fled the scene."
"The uniformed cop suffered a leg injury and was rushed to a nearby hospital in stable condition, cops said."
"Police have not disclosed why the driver was pulled over for the initial traffic stop."
An NYPD officer was injured during a hit-and-run incident in Brooklyn on Saturday night. The officer was struck while conducting a traffic stop on a white 2018 Infiniti Q50S. The driver accelerated, hitting two police vehicles before reversing and colliding with the officer. The driver fled the scene heading south on Wallabout Street. The officer sustained a leg injury and was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing, and police are seeking information from the public.
Read at Brooklyn, NY Patch
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