Driver flees on foot after traffic stop
Nassau police have been searching for a man who ran out of his car Thursday night after an officer tried to pull him over for a traffic stop in Bethpage.
The attempted traffic stop occurred shortly before 9 p.m., police said.
It's not clear whether the driver crashed or stopped at Berkshire Road and Rice Street, but his vehicle came to a stop and he fled. A police helicopter and patrol officers were searching for him Thursday night, police said.
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