Two Belleville, NJ police officers were treated a hospital late Sunday after one of them was hit by a vehicle as a suspect tried to take off, the township’s mayor said in a social media post.
“According to preliminary information, a Belleville police officer was struck by a vehicle while attempting to apprehend a fleeing suspect. An officer subsequently discharged their firearm, and the suspect fled the scene,” Mayor Frank Vélez wrote on Facebook. “The injured officer and his partner are both currently receiving treatment at a local hospital. The officers’ injuries have been reported as non-life-threatening.”…