Philadelphia

Car Strikes, Drags SEPTA Officer's Bicycle for Blocks

A car struck a SEPTA police officer patrolling by bike in the Olney section of Philadelphia Thursday afternoon.

Witnesses said the car kept going after striking the officer at Old York Road and Tabor roads around 2:45 p.m., dragging the bike underneath for blocks.

According to SEPTA, the car was near the Olney Transportation Center. It wasn't immediately clear why the bike officer tried to stop the driver.

The officer is a member of a SEPTA tactical team assigned to the area of Broad and Olney. He stopped the vehicle by stopping his bike in front of the car.

He the officer began to approach the driver's side door, the driver took off, according to SEPTA.

The officer jumped off the bike and got out of the way as the car sped off.

SEPTA said the officer wasn't seriously hurt. He pursued the car on foot, but the driver and three passengers got away on foot when Philadelphia Police officers approached the vehicle. The car dragged the bike to the 1400 block of Colwyn Street -- about three blocks away.

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