Witness Describes Scene Where Sacramento Deputies Were Nearly Run Over By Own Patrol Car

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies were astir tally implicit by their ain patrol conveyance during an altercation with a fishy Thursday afternoon.

They were driving on Watt Avenue erstwhile their conveyance was attacked by a suspect. One witnesser described the events.

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“He threw thing astatine the cops and that’s wherefore they jumped out,” Eric Stan said.

Leaving their SUV behind, the deputies confronted the fishy extracurricular of a tyre shop. Stan is an worker there.

“They ran aft the guy, tased him, picked him up disconnected the crushed and slammed him connected the concrete,” helium told CBS13.

According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, a combat betwixt each 3 individuals sent the radical to the ground.

“The full clip they’re doing that, their SUV is rolling backwards,” Stan said.

Picking up speed, the SUV was getting person to the 2 officers and the fishy who was successful handcuffs.

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“And if it wasn’t for my brag moving aft the car and yelling astatine them that the car was moving, they would person been connected the crushed with the fishy and it would person conscionable backed implicit each of them,” Stan said.

One lawman was capable to get up and into the conveyance to deed the brakes — but it was conscionable a spot excessively late. The SUV conscionable deed the 2nd lawman and suspect.

“It ran implicit [the suspect’s] legs. I conscionable heard him scream. That was insane, I couldn’t judge it,” Stan said.

The fishy and lawman suffered lone insignificant injuries and were taken to section hospitals. Neither had immoderate breached bones.

“It could person been superior for everybody,” Stan said.

The fishy progressive was charged with a felony and misdemeanor and for violating parole stemming from an attempted homicide successful 2015.

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CBS13 did scope retired to some the California Highway Patrol and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for further details astir wherefore the patrol car was not enactment into park. We did not instantly perceive back.

Laura Haefeli