A police officer suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was rammed by a car that was attempting to flee during a pursuit through West Philadelphia early Thursday.
A Philadelphia Police officer suffered minor injuries after his vehicle was rammed at least twice by a car he was in pursuit of early Thursday.
Officials said that the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. along the 4900 block of Kershaw Street in West Philadelphia when an officer was in pursuit of a vehicle after reports of someone fleeing from the scene of a shooting. At that time, police allege that, at some point as the officer attempted to stop the fleeing vehicle -- a black car -- the driver rammed into the patrol vehicle at least twice before crashing.
Law enforcement officials said that after the crash, the driver -- whose identity was not provided by police -- was apprehended and the officer was taken to a nearby hospital after suffering minor injuries.An investigation into this incident, officials said, is ongoing.
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