{"id":122440,"date":"2020-11-29T11:57:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T08:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/driver-slams-into-washington-square-parks-arch-injuring-cop\/"},"modified":"2020-11-29T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T08:57:53","slug":"driver-slams-into-washington-square-parks-arch-injuring-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/driver-slams-into-washington-square-parks-arch-injuring-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"#Driver slams into Washington Square Park’s arch, injuring cop"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Driver slams into Washington Square Park’s arch, injuring cop<\/strong>”
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\n An alleged drunk driver slammed into the famed arch at Washington Square Park early Sunday \u2014 injuring an NYPD officer who was parked under the landmark, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n

Both the officer and the driver suffered non-life-threatening head injuries in the dramatic crash, sources said. The officer\u2019s back and neck were also hurt, sources said.<\/p>\n

The driver was left unharmed enough to stumble from his wreck, blood dripping from his nose, and shout \u201cSuck my d\u2014\u201d at a New York Post photographer.<\/p>\n

But while the driver\u2019s Nissan Maxima was totaled, the officer\u2019s vehicle \u2014 a subcompact \u201cSmart Car\u201d \u2014 was relatively unscathed. And the Nineteenth Century marble arch was undamaged.<\/p>\n

The crash happ<\/a>ened on the north end of the Greenwich Village park just before 2 a.m.<\/p>\n

The driver, who was barrelling down Fifth Avenue, failed to turn his Maxima onto Washington Square North, according to law enforcement sources and witnesses.<\/p>\n

Instead, he plowed straight through a row of metal barricades and into the parked Smart car of the officer tasked with guarding the arch, the sources said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard a loud screeching,\u201d witness Maurice Russo, 24, told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the car go full speed, very fast, right into where that cop car was. I saw the impact,\u201d said Russo, who lives nearby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car was going at highway speed,\u201d he estimated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw one of the officers rightfully pull out his gun \u2026 He just said, \u2018Stay on the ground! Stay on the ground!\u2019 to the guy who was driving the car that crashed,\u201d Russo said.<\/p>\n

The injured officer remained in the Smart car until EMS arrived, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cop was taken out on a stretcher \u2014 he had a neck brace on,\u201d Russo said of the injured officer.<\/p>\n

The driver was taken into custody, and charges were pending early Sunday.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Laura Italiano<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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