SJPD Officer Run Over By Alleged Street Racer

SAN JOSE, CA - A San Jose police officer was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop related to illegal racing enforcement on Sunday night, a police spokesman said.

The officer was struck at about 10 p.m. on Hostetter Road near Interstate Highway 680 after stopping a vehicle for reckless driving, San Jose police Sgt. Enrique Garcia said.

The suspect, described as a clean-shaven Hispanic or Filipino man in his early 20s, fled in a maroon or brown two-door Nissan 240SX and remains at large this morning, Garcia said.

The officer was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

The illegal racing enforcement operation involved San Jose police, the California Highway Patrol, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and Morgan Hill police.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of reckless driving and outstanding warrants, two citations were issued and five vehicles were impounded, Garcia said.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock

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