MELBOURNE, Fla. – An officer was injured Tuesday when a teenage boy in a stolen car rammed a patrol vehicle while trying to avoid arrest, according to the Melbourne Police Department.
Police said they spotted a stolen Chrysler PT Cruiser around 7:15 p.m. on Lipscomb Street and attempted to stop the driver by pulling a vehicle “nose to nose” with the stolen car at an intersection. [TRENDING: Tiger Woods’ leg shattered in rollover crash | Orlando City player faces sex charge | Woman loses $100,000 to romance conman] Records show the officers recognized the driver as a 17-year-old boy whom they’ve had contact with previously, and they ordered him to get out of the vehicle but instead he put the car in reverse and drove into a nearby parking