CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer was dragged for several blocks after a traffic stop Tuesday morning on the Southwest Side.
The officer is being treated at Advocate Christ Hospital and is expected to be ok. Just after 12:30 a.m., on-duty officers in a marked squad car tried to pull a driver over in a van near 59th Street and Western Avenue.
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While questioning the driver, they noticed a weapon on the backseat floor. That's when the driver sped off, dragging the officer, who wasn't seriously hurt, police said.
The driver then crashed into the side of a building, hitting a gas meter and another car, then the suspect ran from the crash as police pursued him on foot, police said.
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The man was found about 20 minutes later near 62nd Street and Claremont Avenue. Police said charges are pending against the man.
