UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — An NYPD officer was injured after being struck by a car during a wild situation that unfolded on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Wednesday.
The officer was struck near Park Avenue and East 72nd Street by a wrong-way driver.
Eyewitness News was told the officer was attempting to respond to a robbery around 4:20 p.m. at the nearby Mackage clothing store on East 68th Street and Madison Avenue. That’s where several suspects took off with about $10,000 worth of jackets stolen from the store.
The officer attempted to get in front of the wrong-way driver and was struck by the vehicle.
He was taken to the hospital with a broken leg and broken arm.
It’s not clear if the driver who struck him is in custody.
No arrests have been made in the store robbery.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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