NYPD cruiser crashes, several hospitalized during Brooklyn pursuit: police
A marked NYPD cruiser crashed into a passing Nissan on Friday during a breakneck Brooklyn pursuit of a motorist who refused to pull over, according to police.
The two cops inside the cruiser were hospitalized following the 10:30 p.m. crash at the corner of Putnam and Central Aves. in Bushwick Friday. Three occupants inside the Nissan were also hospitalized.
None of the injuries were deemed to be life-threatening.
Friday’s crash occurred as cops switch up their tactics on handling police pursuits following a handful of headline-grabbing crashes, including one in August when a driver in a stolen car fleeing police injured 10 people after he careened across a busy Manhattan sidewalk.
An accident that injured 10 people on 42nd St. is pictured on Aug. 1, 2023, in Manhattan. (Barry Williams for...