WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — Officials are searching for the driver who allegedly struck a Winter Haven Police sergeant’s cruiser three times, sending him to the hospital.
Around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, a sergeant was at a red light on Cypress Garden Boulevard and 9th Street Southeast in Winter Haven when he was struck from behind while in his vehicle.
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According to police, a white Ford Mustang Mach-E hit the patrol car and backed up, before striking the vehicle two more times. The driver then fled eastbound on Cypress Garden Boulevard.
The driver is described as a white man, who had a white female passenger with him. However, due to the Mustangs tinted windows, the sergeant nor the witnesses could get a good look at the pair.
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As a precaution, the sergeant was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment but has since been released.