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BROOKLYN — A correction officer was arrested for allegedly striking a police officer with a car while trying to duck out on a parking summons, police said Friday.
John Arungwa, 37, was being issued the summons Thursday in East New York when he hopped into the car and tried to bolt. That's when he hit the cop and dragged him about five feet, police said.
"He got in a car and attempted to drive off and struck the officer, dragging him," a police source said.
The cop was taken to Jamaica Hospital with minor injuries, police said.
Arungwa, who's been on the job since 2006 and works at the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island, was arrested after the 3:47 p.m. incident, correction and police officials said.
He was charged with second-degree assault.