A woman who tried to escape from a police cruiser in New Jersey was hit by a car in Burlington County, police said.
It happened at about 11 p.m. on Friday. The woman involved was identified as 33-year-old Danielle Colon, of Camden, New Jersey.
While handcuffed and in the back of a police vehicle, she found a way to escape from the police car and tried running away into oncoming traffic, reported 6abc.
Colon was hit by an oncoming car on Route 73 in Maple Shade, New Jersey. After being hit, she tried to run away again.
She was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition with a leg injury.
Colon had initially been stopped for a pedestrian offense. She was reportedly recognized by the officer as someone who was wanted for another offense and taken into custody. She is facing charges related to drugs, resisting arrest, escape, and obstruction.
No officers were injured.
Police Body Camera Video Shows Fatal Shooting
Police body camera footage was released by Minnesota authorities on Sep. 24 showing a man holding a knife attacking a police officer. After being repeatedly warned, the officer fatally shot him.
The video shows officer Steven Mattson getting out of his police car after being rear-ended and then being attacked and knocked to the ground by 31-year-old Ronald Davis, who appears to be holding a knife in his right hand.
Officer Mattson can be seen standing up and moving backwards, repeatedly telling Davis to back off and to drop the knife before shooting Davis.
“I see Officer Mattson defending himself, while retreating. And, as a son of a (retired) police officer, I can’t say that I can see anything beyond that we could have expected him to do,” St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said at a press conference Tuesday, reported Fox 9.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the man fatally shot by St. Paul police last weekend had confronted an officer with a knife before he was killed.
Mattson had been working in the police department for less than a year. He was not injured in the incident.
Warning: Video Contains Graphic Footage
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), which is investigating the shooting, says Officer Steve Mattson was on patrol in the Midway neighborhood shortly before 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 when his squad car was rear-ended at an intersection by 31-year-old Ronald Davis. Authorities say Davis was holding a knife when he exited his vehicle and ignored Mattson’s commands to drop it. During the confrontation, Mattson shot Davis.
The BCA says a knife was recovered next to Davis’s body.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
