Nassau Police fatally shoot man after car chase began in NYC [Video]

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A police chase that began Friday night in Queens and ended in Massapequa Park resulted in Nassau County officers fatally shooting the driver, according to Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder. Seven officers and one civilian were hospitalized during the course of the chase.

Ryder said in a press conference on Saturday morning that the suspect first fled a traffic stop by the NYPD somewhere in the 113th Precinct, which encapsulates southeastern Queens, at about 11 p.m. on Friday.

He struck two NYPD officers before fleeing the scene, and Ryder said that the city police department put a notification over the air that the driver was heading toward Long Island. It was not immediately clear what prompted the original traffic stop in Queens.

Nassau County officers engaged with the vehicle somewhere in the area of Merrick and Sunrise Highway, and the driver rammed a police officer and tried to run down …