{"id":188880,"date":"2026-04-07T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188880\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:13:11","slug":"rogue-nyc-driver-on-lam-after-ramming-cop-cars-striking-officer-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188880\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue NYC driver on lam after ramming cop cars, striking officer: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rogue Brooklyn driver rammed two cop cars and struck an on-foot officer while fleeing a traffic stop over the weekend, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Police had stopped the motorist in Williamsburg around 8 p.m. Saturday for mismatched license plates and excessive window tints, law-enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n

When the cops approached the man\u2019s white 2018 Infiniti Q50S at the intersection of Wallabout Street and Broadway, he hit the accelerator, smashing into two cop cars, police said.<\/p>\n

\"CopsCops say this man used his car to ram two police vehicles and run into the leg of an officer. NYPD<\/p>\n

The suspect then reversed and nailed the leg of an officer standing outside one of the cruisers, according to cops.<\/p>\n

After striking the officer, the perp sped off on Wallabout, NYPD officials said. He is still in the wind.<\/p>\n

He was with a female passenger, but she is not wanted by the police, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Infiniti driver was with a female passenger, police said. NYPD<\/p>\n

The officer that was backed into suffered a leg injury and some lower body bruising, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The officer was taken by EMS to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition, according to sources.<\/p>\n

The NYPD released a photo and video of the perp, asking anyone with info to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline: 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), log onto the Crime Stoppers website<\/a> or message @NYPDTips on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

-Additional reporting by Amanda Woods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rogue Brooklyn driver rammed two cop cars and struck an on-foot officer while fleeing a traffic stop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,303,57,9,56,63,65,64,103,241,58,1424],"class_list":{"0":"post-188880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-nypd","17":"tag-police-officers","18":"tag-us-news","19":"tag-williamsburg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}