NYPD bodycam, helicopter footage shows dramatic search for driver who allegedly hit cop on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Bodycam video posted to social media by the NYPD shows a vehicle speed away from a stop on Staten Island and strike an officer, according to police.

According to authorities, a 911 call came in reporting an early morning car meet-up on River Road in Chelsea just before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 2.

Officers arrived on the scene and ordered all the vehicles to disperse, a law enforcement source told the Advance/SILive.com…

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