The driver sped away and abandoned the car a short time later. No arrests have been made yet.
TAMPA, Fla. — “He ran over me,” Hillsborough County Deputy Kalin Hall cried out after he was rammed by a driver he tried to pull over, body camera footage released by the sheriff’s office shows.
The 33-year-old deputy will undergo surgery at Tampa General Hospital Friday morning after he was seriously hurt overnight, the agency said.
It reportedly all started just after midnight Friday on Bearss Avenue near Nebraska Avenue in New Tampa. Hall tried to pull over the driver of a black BMW in an unmarked patrol vehicle equipped with emergency equipment, according a sheriff’s office spokesperson. While the driver stopped, as soon as Hall approached the car, they took off.
You can hear over body camera footage Hall reported the driver had sped off and he wasn’t going to pursue and would turn his emergency lights off.
About 15 minutes later, Hall located the driver on Plantation Oaks Drive, off Amberly Drive and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, and attempted to pull the BMW over. The sheriff’s office said the driver had backed into a parking space on Plantation Oaks Drive. Body camera video shows Hall stop his unmarked patrol car and quickly get out. Moments after he walks around his car, presumably toward the BMW, the driver accelerates and immediately rams into the deputy and speeds off.
Hall falls to the ground and you can hear his agonized cries before calling in that he had been hit and that he needed EMS. His leg was broken.
Editor’s note: The following video has been edited to remove profanity, but the subject matter may still be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.
The driver abandoned the BMW not far away, the agency said.
Hall suffered serious injuries, including a broken tibia and other injuries to his leg and was rushed to Tampa General Hospital, the sheriff’s office said. The spokesperson said Hall will undergo surgery and is expected to be okay. According to the agency, Hall has been with the agency for 11 years.
According to the sheriff’s office, the owner of the BMW has been identified and found and investigators believe he is the driver, however, as of 6 a.m. Friday, no arrests have been made.
Anyone who may have seen what happened in the Plantation Oaks Drive area is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
