[Susan]

NEW YORK (AP) — A police car responding to a call swerved off a Bronx street and slammed into six people standing on a sidewalk Thursday, injuring bystanders including a young child.

Two people were in critical condition after the crash, police said.

The wreck happened shortly after 3 p.m. as the police SUV raced to respond to a report of a car being stolen.

Security camera video showed the police SUV cross onto the wrong side of the street to avoid traffic, then clip another vehicle making a turn. The police vehicle then drove across the intersection and onto a sidewalk, knocking over a streetlight pole where several people were standing, pinning some against a building.

The police vehicle's lights and sirens were activated at the time of the crash, the NYPD's Chief of Patrol, Jeffrey Maddrey, said at a news conference.

Aftermath video is in the green area, as it includes footage of a severely injured baby.

[ride]

Good thing there was a second camera angle. Danny DeVito holding a bunch of balloons fucked up the first vid.

[Hogmann]

I generally lean pro-police, but that's driving to endanger.
Charge them.

[kellyhound]

wonder if the steering wheel got locked or something as it seems there was some time to steer the cop car into that street instead of the pole and people.

[bball0816]

Interesting…

[icehole]

Tried to find the green area in the thread and then realized it was something else

[minka1]

Motherfuckers always above the law.
Here's to hoping all the victims sue the scumbag, his department, and win some big settlements.

[DrLuca]

typical american cops. trying to murder innocent people