NYPD cop rides on hood of patrol car and suffers head injury after falling onto street
Police said they did not know why the officer was riding on the car’s hood. A video by Breaking911.com shows the cop lying on top of the car until it came to a stop, sending him flying to the ground in Brooklyn on Monday. He suffered a head injury and was taken to Lutheran Medical Center.
BY ALFRED NG
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Monday, January 5, 2015, 5:39 PM
Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015, 6:50 PM
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An officer’s joyride went way wrong after he fell off the hood of a squad car and smacked his head on a Brooklyn street Monday morning, police sources said.
A video by Eyewitness News shows the officer lying on top of a police car until it came to a sudden stop at Seton Pl. and Parkville Ave. in Flatbush at 7:51 a.m.
The uniformed officer slipped off the hood, stumbled and fell backward, hitting his head on the ground.
ABC7NYA NYPD officer was seriously injured when he fell off the hood of a moving squad car on Monday morning.
A cop walking in front of the now unjoyful officer went over to help him, as did the officer who was behind the wheel, the video shows.
Suffering a head injury, the officer was taken to Lutheran Medical Center.
Police said they did not know why the cop was riding on top of the car’s hood.
The accident came just hours before Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton held a presser to tout a dramatic 4.6% drop in citywide crime in 2014 — and as reports surfaced that rank-and-file officers have been engaging in a slowdown to show their displeasure with the mayor
