2 NYPD Officers in Cruiser Seriously Injured in Chain-Reaction Crash
By John Annese
Source New York Daily News
What to know
- An accused intoxicated driver caused a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Brooklyn, injuring two NYPD officers and critically injuring a passenger in the suspect's vehicle.
- The crash happened when the driver struck a Volvo, which slammed into a marked NYPD cruiser, seriously injuring two officers in the vehicle.
- The driver faces several charges, including driving while intoxicated and multiple counts of reckless endangerment.
A drunken driver crashed into an SUV in Brooklyn early Sunday, sparking a chain-reaction crash that left his passenger and two NYPD cops hurt, police sources said.
Diyorjon Sobirjonov, 24, was intoxicated as he drove a black 2024 Chevrolet Suburban north on Coney Island Ave. in Sheepshead Bay and slammed into a 2022 Volvo XC90 headed west on Avenue U at about 2:10 a.m., cops said.
The impact sent the Volvo, driven by a 34-year-old woman, into the path of a marked NYPD car going south on Coney Island Ave., causing the two vehicles to collide, cops said.
One police officer suffered a broken pelvis and arm, as well as head trauma, while another suffered a broken hip, cops said. Both were hospitalized and are in stable condition, according to police.
A 31-year-old man passenger in the drunken driver’s Chevrolet was ejected and was in critical condition at the scene before he was later stabilized at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, cops said.
The Volvo driver and a passenger suffered minor injuries and declined medical attention, cops said.
Cops charged Sobirjonov, of Midwood, with DWI, driving while ability impaired, refusing to take a blood-alcohol test and multiple counts of reckless endangerment.
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