A 49-year-old man in Orange County is accused of trying to run over a police officer before leading authorities in a pursuit.
The Nov. 11 incident, according to a social media post from the Santa Ana Police Department, occurred when officers were “conducting proactive enforcement” along East 1st Street and attempted to contact a man sitting in his car in a strip mall parking lot.
“When the man in the vehicle saw the officers, he started his vehicle and drove toward one of them, striking the officer in the legs,” police said. “The officer was able to jump onto the hood of the suspect’s vehicle to avoid being run over.”
The suspect, later identified as Kenyata Deshon Harris, allegedly fled the parking lot at high speed, prompting officers to initiate a pursuit…