Video taken from an eyewitness shows officers frantically attempting to break into the driver's side window of the black sedan before it backed into two cops.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.One NYPD officer was injured, police said, after an erratic driver rammed into multiple officers in Midtown Manhattan before jumping the curb and speeding off, according to eyewitness accounts.
"One of the cops was injured pretty bad," said Alfredo Mota, a Washington Heights resident who was behind the car when the altercation began. Mota shared video from the scene with Gothamist, showing officers frantically attempting to break into the driver's side window of the black sedan before it backed into two police cops, sending one onto the pavement in visible distress. The car then peels onto the nearby sidewalk and speeds off.
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