{"id":376144,"date":"2026-10-18T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376144\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:10:49","slug":"nypd-officer-struck-by-hit-and-run-driver-while-responding-to-loud-music-call-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376144\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD officer struck by hit-and-run driver while responding to loud music call, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The officer was setruck while responding to a loud music complaint.<\/p>\n<p>ByEyewitness News  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792311049_810_origin-wabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, October 18, 2026 3:58AM<\/p>\n<p>Follow abc7NY on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HUNTS POINT, The Bronx (WABC) &#8212; Police are searching for the driver of an SUV that struck an NYPD officer Saturday evening in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident happened just before 7:30 p.m. near Garrison Avenue and Whittier Street in Hunts Point, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said a uniformed NYPD officer was responding to a call about loud music when the officer was struck by a white Honda SUV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The officer suffered a leg injury and was transported to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said the driver fled the scene following the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No information about the driver&#8217;s identity or the vehicle&#8217;s direction of travel was immediately released. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The officer was setruck while responding to a loud music complaint. ByEyewitness News Sunday, October 18, 2026 3:58AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[138315,128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-376144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-138315","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376144","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=376144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}