RPD: Man on parole hits officer with car door during police chase

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A man on parole after a police chase in the city led to an officer getting hit by the car door.

On Monday night, around 10:30 p.m., Rochester police officers made contact with the individual in the area of Lyell Avenue and Saratoga Street. It was alleged that he individual got into a car to leave the scene.

Officers said they and a K9 unit tried to stop the suspect, but he accelerated and hit an officer with the car’s open door. The officer was uninjured…

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