Officer injured as crash ends car chase
Det. Lt. Kevin Smith gives details on a Nassau County police officer seriously injured when her cruiser hit a guard rail and then was struck by another car as she pursued a suspicious vehicle on the Southern State Parkway. Videojournalists: Howard Schnapp and Jim Staubitser (Nov. 21, 2011) (November 22, 2011 12:05 AM)
Nassau PD seeks car in chase that injured officer
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A Nassau County police officer was seriously injured Monday when she swerved her patrol car into a guardrail on the Southern State Parkway to avoid hitting a driver she was chasing who abruptly hit the brakes, officials said.
The officer's car was then hit by a vehicle after bouncing off the guardrail and back into parkway traffic, police said. The driver of the dark gray sedan fleeing the...
