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Driver Drags Trooper While Fleeing Traffic Stop in Massachusetts
A person is needed for assault on a police officer after dragging a trooper together with his automobile as he fled a visitors cease in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, September 13, based on Massachusetts State Police (MSP).Dashcam footage of the incident, launched by the MSP on Thursday, exhibits two troopers leaning within the driver’s open door as they communicate to the suspect on Montello Street. One of the troopers had stopped the automobile for motorized vehicle violations, police mentioned.Suddenly, the automobile accelerates away. One of the troopers holds on to the transferring automobile and is dragged a number of yards earlier than falling on the street. That trooper will get again on his ft and runs inside an MSP automobile earlier than making an attempt to pursue the suspect down the roadway.The trooper sustained minor accidents, the MSP mentioned.The suspect, named as 31-year-old Brockton resident Derek Lobo, was going through costs together with assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery with a harmful weapon, negligent operation of a motorized vehicle, and trafficking in fentanyl, police mentioned. Credit: Massachusetts State Police through Storyful