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SUNRISE, Fla. (WFLA) — A driver is accused of deliberately making an attempt to kill a police officer in South Florida after a video captured Tuesday reveals the automobile ramming into the cop and a bystander.
In line with a report from NBC affiliate WTVJ, a Lauderhill officer was helping an accident when an SUV struck him and a close-by pedestrian at a procuring plaza close to the 2300 block of North College Drive in Dawn.
The hit-and-run was caught on a Tesla’s digicam, which reveals the blue Nissan Rogue run over the officer a number of occasions.
“From what I noticed, he clearly tried to kill him,” witness Diondre Noel advised WTVJ. “It was intentional, it was full and utter intentional.”
Noel mentioned he watched your entire incident unfold, as the driving force ran over the police officer and the lady he was talking with, earlier than backing up and working each of them over once more. He advised WTVJ the driving force was making an attempt to kill the officer, who then received up and “hid for his life behind the timber.”
The report mentioned each the cop and pedestrian had been hospitalized and are in steady situation.
“[The officer] was badly broken, and I believe his leg was damaged, half of his face was marred and he was complaining about respiration,” Noel described.
The motive force was caught close by, in line with WTVJ. It’s unclear what costs he faces.
WFLA.com has reached out to the Lauderhill Police Division and Dawn Police Division for extra data.
