A Long Island police officer is fighting for his life after being severely injured in a crash during a high-speed chase. The officer's cruiser was flipped after being sideswiped by a speeding Mustang.
A Long Island police officer was hospitalized in the ICU following a Sunday night crash when the driver of a speeding Mustang clipped the cop and sent his cruiser flipping off the highway, according to county officials. The police pursuit started in Brentwood around 6 p.m. when the Mustang driver reportedly raced down Westbound Long Island Expressway past the officer who was in the middle of a traffic stop, Suffolk County Police said.
Officer Brendon Gallagher chased after the Mustang when its driver'sideswiped' his cruiser, causing it to flip off the road and strike a tree. First responders took 30 minutes to extricate the officer from the wreckage, during which Gallagher was reportedly bleeding badly.Gallagher was transported by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital where he remained on a ventilator Monday after receiving 25 unites of blood during surgery. Cory Fisher, the alleged driver of the Mustang, also crashed. Police said he struck a light pole and was arrested by an off-duty Nassau County Police officer who happened to be passing by at the time. Officials said Fisher had been on probation for a weapons conviction in Queens
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