Bodycam footage shows juvenile on moped crashing into police cruiser
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Providence, RI - Providence police bodycam footage shows a juvenile on a moped crashing head-on into a police cruiser last month.
According to police, officers responded to 160 Cranston St. for a report of several people dressed in black and allegedly carrying knives on Sept. 9.
One male juvenile was seen fleeing on a black moped, officials said.
As Providence police were apprehending people on Dodge Street, the juvenile on the moped was seen on bodycam footage fleeing police and speeding toward multiple officers.
Officers moved out of the way to avoid being struck, according to officials.
Police said the moped continued traveling the wrong way on Dodge Street and crashed head-on into a cruiser.
The cruiser was not moving at the time of the crash.
The juvenile was taken to Hasbro Children's hospital with minor injuries, according to officials.