OAKLAND — An Oakland police officer was hospitalized Sunday after a driver fleeing an East Oakland site visitors cease struck them, authorities mentioned.
Police mentioned officers responded simply earlier than 10 a.m. to experiences of an unresponsive male behind the wheel of a automobile stopped in the course of the highway within the 5200 block of Wentworth Avenue.
Quickly after police arrived and located the person, he awoke and briefly spoke with officers earlier than making an attempt to drive away at excessive velocity, hitting an officer and knocking them to the bottom.
Different officers tended to the officer and offered first help earlier than taking them to a hospital, the place they had been initially listed in steady situation after remedy for head and facial accidents, and later discharged.
Inside just a few hours, different officers managed to recuperate the deserted automobile in one other a part of town. A while later, officers discovered and arrested the driving force. His location and actual expenses weren't instantly obtainable Sunday night time.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.