San Diego police officer injured when driver flees traffic stop in Mira Mesa
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and last updated 2021-07-08 22:30:47-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A San Diego police officer was injured Thursday when a driver backed a vehicle into him while fleeing a traffic stop near a Mira Mesa intersection, police said.
The motorcycle officer pulled over a black Chrysler sedan for unknown reasons shortly before 10:10 a.m. near Westview Parkway and Black Mountain Road, and the driver backed up and hit him, San Diego Police Department Officer Tony Martinez said.
The driver knocked the officer over and continued to push the motorcycle backward with the officer pinned under it.