NYPD officers suspended in Manhattan police chase – NBC New York
Two NYPD officers from the Bronx’s fiftieth Precinct have been suspended with out pay amid an investigation right into a police chase and fiery crash in Manhattan, in response to a number of high-ranking regulation enforcement sources.
A number of high-ranking regulation enforcement sources say the officers, with emergency lights on, have been chasing the driving force of a stolen Honda SUV on the Henry Hudson Parkway simply earlier than 5 a.m. Wednesday, when the driving force obtained off on Dyckman Road, misplaced management and crashed. The SUV erupted in flames. The driving force died.
Regulation enforcement sources say that when officers approached the crashed automobile, they turned off their emergency lights and left the scene of the crash. Then they returned to the fiftieth Precinct with out reporting the incident, the sources say. The driving force of the stolen Honda has not been recognized.
The NYPD confirmed an investigation was underway.
“That incident is at present underneath assessment by our Pressure Investigation Division and the Legal professional Common’s workplace,” the division stated in an announcement. “The 2 officers who have been concerned in that incident have been suspended pending assessment of the incident.”
The legal professional common’s workplace additionally confirmed it’s investigating.
