Early Thursday morning saw a spate of incidents involving law enforcement and vehicles that led to multiple police officers sustaining injuries. In Philadelphia, a traffic stop escalated when a driver, faced with police for code violations, attempted to flee from officers, leading to an altercation that left three officers injured. According to 6abc, the driver sped away with one officer’s arm still inside the vehicle, which was eventually stopped nearby. The engagement resulted in one officer obtaining cuts from a shattered window, another hurt in a fall, and the officer dragged, sustaining minor injuries. Two of the officers declined medical treatment, while one had to be taken to the hospital.
Similarly, in a separate event chronicled by NBC Philadelphia, the early morning hours in Kensington were disrupted when a driver, suspected of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, injured three officers in their bid to escape a traffic stop. The driver made contact with one officer using the vehicle, and as the sequence unfolded, a second officer was injured upon breaking the vehicle’s windows to apprehend the driver. A third officer was hurt in the effort to remove and detain the driver, who was eventually apprehended after the vehicle stopped near B Street.
On the West Side of Chicago, another encounter unfolded as officers, who had spotted a vehicle matching the description of a wanted car, tried to conduct a stop. According to CBS Chicago, the driver attempted to elude police and, in the process, collided with a CPD squad car. The suspect purportedly tried to flee on foot after the crash but was captured and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Two officers involved were also hospitalized but later treated and released. A recovered weapon at the scene has led to pending charges against the driver…