HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A police officer was killed and another was seriously injured Wednesday night when their cruiser was struck by a car speeding through a red light while fleeing a traffic stop in Connecticut's capital city, authorities said.
Another car that had fled a traffic stop by other officers smashed into the passenger's side of the cruiser just west of downtown Hartford.
The driver of the car, Richard Barrington, 18, of Hartford, was treated at a hospital, discharged and arrested, police said.
While officers approached the car, Barrington sped away, drove through one red light and went through another red light before crashing into Garten and Kearney's cruiser, he said.
The other officers did not chase after Barrington when he fled the traffic stop, the police chief said.
Persons:
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