By Sarah Calams
NEW YORK — Two NYPD officers were injured Sunday after a driver slammed into their patrol car, which quickly burst into flames after careening into a pole.
The two officers were responding to a call when the driver, a 39-year-old woman in a BMW, ran into their patrol car while driving through an intersection, according to the New York Post. The impact, according to the report, sent the cruiser into a pole, causing it to burst into flames.
The driver, who failed to yield, fled the scene, but later returned. She was taken into custody for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury, police said.
The officers were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The video below shows the cruiser fully engulfed in flames as firefighters responded to the scene.