Hollywood police officer injured after BMW crosses A1A median. Driver runs away

A Hollywood Police officer was hospitalized early Wednesday morning after a car slammed into his patrol vehicle, authorities say.

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Just after midnight, the officer was driving down A1A near Hollywood Boulevard when a driver in a BMW going the opposite direction crossed the median, striking the officer’s car, Deanna Bettineschi, the Hollywood Police Department’s spokesperson wrote in an email to the Miami Herald.

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The driver of the BMW took off running. The officer was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Bettineschi added.

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Police have yet to find the driver of the BMW.

This report may be updated as more information becomes available.