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Driver Of Stolen Car Hits Officer With It, Then Crashes Into Fence: Police

By Kelly Bauer | May 22, 2017 7:54am | Updated on May 23, 2017 11:40am

CHICAGO — A person driving a stolen car hit a police officer with it Sunday night in North Lawndale, police said.

At 11:43 p.m., officers saw the car in the 3600 block of West Ogden Avenue and they walked up to it, police said. The driver tried to get away and hit one of the officers and then crashed into a fence in the 1900 block of South Drake Avenue.

At least two people got out of the car and tried to run away, but they were taken into custody, police said.

The officer who was hit by the car was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released, police said. No other injuries were reported.