Sept. 11--BERKELEY -- A man pulled over in a traffic stop by Berkeley police ran over the officer's foot and struck a patrol car, then led police on a chase through several municipalities Monday night before getting arrested in St. Louis, police say.
The officer whose foot was run over was treated at a hospital and released. Police Chief Frank McCall said the officer is expected to be okay. The officer has been with the department about three years, the chief said.
"We look at it as a blessing that it turned out the way it did," McCall said.
The incident began at about 9:30 p.m. Monday. Police on a special patrol duty stopped a drug suspect at Fay and Rector drives near Airport Road in Berkeley.
When one officer got out of the patrol car and approached the man's car, the man took off in the car -- running over the officer's foot and hitting the patrol car. The second officer, still in the patrol car, was uninjured, the chief said.
Police started chasing the vehicle, and more police cars joined in the pursuit. They chased him on Airport Road, into Ferguson, through Normandy and onto Interstate 70 into St. Louis city.
The driver, 36, was eventually captured in St. Louis. Details of that arrest weren't immediately available.
McCall said police will seek charges against the man for offenses that include resisting arrest and assault of a law enforcement officer. The suspect's name has not been released.
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