Union City Police Officer Injured By Driver

UNION CITY, CA - Police are asking for the public's help locating a suspect who was driving a car that hit and injured a Union City police officer Tuesday in Hayward, police said today. 

The officer suffered minor injuries at 5:07 p.m. at the intersection of Hesperian and Industrial boulevards as he was getting off of his motorcycle to make a traffic stop.

The officer was taken to a hospital, police said. 

Police said the officer, whose name is not being released now, was stopping the suspect for vehicle code violations in Union City. 

Police allege that the suspect is a black man in his late 20s or early 30s, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 250 pounds and wearing a black jacket, blue T-shirt, baggy black jeans and black shoes. 

The suspect was driving a black, late 90s Ford Crown Victoria, which was recovered in an adjacent neighborhood, according to police. 

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to call Detective Jason Mosby at (510) 293-7034.

--Bay  City News