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From The NY Post-An NYPD cop was dragged down a Bronx street by a car when a driver tried to flee a traffic stop, leaving the officer with a fractured ankle and writhing on the ground in pain, disturbing new video shows.
In the clip, released by the NYPD Tuesday, the female cop is seen standing at the open driver’s side door when the motorist suddenly accelerates, pulling her a short way down the road before she falls to the ground.
The car then partially runs over the cop, who is then heard yelping as she crawls to her feet, the footage shows.
Officers had first spotted the driver, 24-year-old Usman Haruna, inside a black 2017 Range Rover with expired temporary New Jersey plates around 6 p.m. Dec. 12, heading east on East 194th Street at Briggs Avenue in Fordham Manor, according to cops and police sources.
But as officers approached, Haruna refused to stop – driving recklessly through steady red lights “at an unsafe speed” and swerving in and out of traffic, police said.