Suspect critically injures man in separate crash after striking patrol car
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Rochester, NY - A 30-year-old man's condition worsened, and he was being treated for life-threatening internal injuries Thursday after his vehicle collided with a car being pursued by officers Wednesday, according to Captain Greg Bello from the Rochester Police Department.
Police said they stopped an SUV — which they suspected was involved in recent violence — on Sullivan Street just before 7:55 p.m. for not having a front license plate. Officers learned the driver, a 21-year-old man, didn't have a valid license. They then had him sit in the back of a patrol vehicle.
Video shared by police shows the man sitting in the back seat, with his legs out of the vehicle, when another car drives by — going the wrong way on a one-way street — and strikes the open door. Officers can be seen scrambling to get out of the way, attempting to close the door, before the car strikes the door and drives away. Bello said police believe the striking vehicle was "involved or associated" with the vehicle that was pulled over.
Police said other officers spotted the car at North Clinton Avenue near Ketchum Street and tried to stop it. A brief pursuit ended quickly when the car collided with another vehicle on Seneca Avenue at State Route 104, injuring the driver of the other vehicle.
The driver of the striking vehicle, 21-year-old Antonieo Lloyd, evaded officers until they found him in the back of an ambulance on Weaver Street being treated for a head injury, according to police. Officers followed the ambulance to Rochester General Hospital and took Lloyd into custody in the parking lot.
The 30-year-old man injured in the second crash was in life-threatening but stable condition Thursday, Bello said. The 21-year-old man injured in the initial crash involving the patrol car was treated and released.
Lloyd was charged with assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, unlawful fleeing of a police officer, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury, obstruction of governmental administration, and multiple vehicle and traffic violations. Police said he also had a felony fugitive warrant out of Kansas City, Missouri. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail and held without bail after being treated for his injuries.