A man walking on a Los Angeles sidewalk early Wednesday was nearly run down by a LAPD patrol car in a harrowing close call caught on camera. Video broadcast Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023 on Today in LA
A man walking on a Los Angeles sidewalk early Wednesday was nearly run down by a LAPD patrol car in a harrowing scene caught on camera.
Chris Davis, wearing a high visibility vest, can be seen in security camera video shuffling to his left and right as he tried to dodge the patrol car sliding in his direction. The car appeared to have front-end damaged from a collision prior to striking Davis.
"I was just walking down the street, right here," Davis said, shaking his head as he sat on a bus stop bench after the crash. "They ran into me and knocked me into the glass."
Davis was briefly pinned between the patrol car and building near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Normandie Avenue in Exposition Park. The officer behind the wheel of the cruiser reversed the car, allowing Davis to free himself. Two officers can be seen immediately getting out of the car to check on Davis, who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Details about what led to the 12:30 a.m. crash were not immediately available. No officers were injured.
The LAPD said the officers were not involved in a pursuit.
