Officer Jonathan Negron, who had been in a medically induced coma since June 3, was able to talk Sunday
The suit alleges that the driver had slowed down and activated her blinker when the trooper hit her car
The suspect fled a traffic stop and exchanged shots with officers during a pursuit, according to RCMP
The officer went over the hood and into the front windshield
The incident was captured on surveillance video; five other officers were injured in pursuit of the teen driver
Jonathan Negron suffered injuries to his brain and spinal cord after a light pole pierced his cruiser's window during a pursuit
Deputy Jacob Curby said the suspect "overhand threw this two-month-old at me from about six feet away"
Jonathan Negron, 29, who has been on the force for two years, was taken to the hospital with severe head trauma
The suspect had left a bullet hole in Deputy Sydney Canipe’s windshield a week earlier, inches from her head
Among its rules, the new policy bans pursuits for minor traffic violations and bars officers from separating from partners if they can’t see the suspect
The seven-day manhunt in the same area for a suspect is one of the longest in recent memory in South Carolina
In a scene similar to the 2017 pursuit that put Detective Dalsh Veve in a wheelchair, Justin Murrell allegedly hit the gas during a traffic stop early Sunday
The deputy who was in the driver's seat "by the Grace of God" wasn't hurt, the sheriff said
Multiple containers of fuel that the driver was carrying served as a 'catalyst of the explosions,' police said
An officer was then able to smash the driver’s side window and pull the suspect out
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