In St. Petersburg, police officers gave chase to a driver who hit a law enforcement officer

A driver hit a policeman in St. Petersburg, and law enforcers gave chase to the offender. Images of the incident on December 5 are published by "Izvestia".

In the video, the driver of a black car drove into a crosswalk and stopped at it. Police officers came out of the car and tried to stop the offender, but he ran over one of the law enforcers and tried to drive away, but the second police car chased him. The injured law enforcement officer remained on the pavement, and his colleague used his service weapon, trying to apprehend the driver.

Details of the incident are being clarified.

Earlier, on the night of December 1, police in St. Petersburg detained two teenagers after a chase with shooting. Law enforcers tried to stop the car Kia Ceed to check the documents, but the young man behind the wheel ignored their signal and drove on, adding speed. The traffic officers chased the driver, who, in his attempts to escape, sped through a red traffic signal and drove into the oncoming lane. The police opened fire on the wheels of the car of the offender. After detention it turned out that the driver was a 17-year-old teenager, who was driving a 16-year-old passenger. An administrative protocol was drawn up in respect of the minor driver.