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Police: NYPD officer injured in hit-and-run in the Bronx

NYPD officer hurt after being hit by driver in the Bronx
NYPD officer hurt after being hit by driver in the Bronx 00:21

NEW YORK -- Police are looking for the driver of a car who hit an NYPD officer in the Bronx and took off.

It happened on Clay Avenue in the Claremont section just after 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The NYPD says the driver ran a red light, and when police tried to stop the car, the officer was hit.

He was taken to a local hospital with knee, back and hand injuries.

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