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Rhode Island: Warwick police officer struck by vehicle
Rhode Island Law Enforcement
Police are looking for a suspect after a driver hit one of their officers with a vehicle. Police told Eyewitness News that it happened at Dave’s Marketplace on Airport Road at about 10:15 a.m. Saturday. The officer was on a detail and trying to stop a vehicle at the time of the incident.
Captain Kenneth Furtado said it appeared that the driver intentionally hit the officer. The officer suffered an injury to the left arm and was being treated at the hospital.
Other officers are searching the area for the vehicle.