An officer conducting a stop on Washington and Pacific put out a request for backup Sunday night while trying to take a suspect into custody. A responding unit was cut off by a dark SUV doing an illegal U-turn in the street causing the LAPD patrol car to swerve into a bank of bus benches severely injuring an officer. He was unconscious until LAFD arrived and is expected to survive his injuries. The SUV driver fled. An airship responded to see if the vehicle was in the area. The vehicle fled in an unknown direction.
