Officer Christopher Racioppo was put into a medically-induced coma after he was stabbed while responding to a Patchogue crash involving an intoxicated driver in.
The DA said Nunez was on probation the night of April 10, when he was allegedly high on methamphetamines and driving a Mercedes Benz erratically with no headlights on. The wild driving is what led Suffolk County Officer Christopher Racioppo to pursue him on South Ocean Avenue in Patchogue around 10:45 p.m. that night. A Suffolk County police officer is fighting for his life after he was stabbed by a driver he was trying to pull over. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan jumped in to help save the officer s life. NBC New York s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
Sometime after Racioppo turned on his overhead lights, Nunez crashed the Mercedes he was driving into a Nissan where the roadway intersects with Brook Street. Then Nunez got out of the car and failed to comply with the officer s commands, officials said previously.
The Long Island police officer who suffered a ruptured artery when he was stabbed in the leg while responding to a crash involving an allegedly intoxicated.