VIDEO: Car nearly hits St. Pete police officer during traffic stop
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The St. Petersburg Police Department said one of its own was hurt by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday morning.
An SPPD release said at about 1 a.m., an officer was conducting a traffic stop on I-375, as known as North Bay Drive, west of 5th Avenue North when a white Kia sedan struck his vehicle and injured him.
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According to police, the sedan fled the scene, heading west. The officer was taken to Bayfront Health for a minor injury.
Video of the incident showed the vehicle nearly strike the officer, who told dispatch he had “a really close call.”
Police said they found the Kia and charged driver Mackenzie Paige Deaton, 24, with serious bodily injury hit-and-run, tampering with evidence, and other citations.
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