BODYCAM: Two deputies hit by truck while tending to accident in Florida

Two sheriff's deputies in Pasco County, Florida were injured in a traffic accident Tuesday that was caught on bodycam video.

The two officers had been tending to a different accident when the incident occurred. They are seen assisting crash victims when suddenly, a pickup truck attempting to make a left turn slams into a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and is sent spinning towards the officers. Both deputies are hit. One deputy and a woman are knocked to the ground.

Watch the video above.

According to WFLA, both deputies and the woman were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

 

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Brian is an Associate Producer for ClickOnDetroit. He graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn with a degree in Journalism and Screen Studies.