NSW:Police officer injured during arrest

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2011
NSW:Police officer injured during arrest

SYDNEY, Aug 8 AAP - A police officer has been injured during the arrest of a man on
the NSW south coast.

The incident occurred on Sunday morning when police went to a unit in Merimbula to
arrest a 44-year-old man for outstanding warrants.

They arrested the man inside the unit and were putting him in the back of the police
truck when the offender broke free and began to run down the street.

Two officers chased the man 20 metres before one of them managed to put her hands on
the man's shoulders just before they fell down a two-metre embankment.

Both the man and the female senior constable landed heavily on a concrete footpath,
but the policewoman maintained her hold on him as he continued to struggle until the other
officers arrived.

Paramedics took the man and the female officer to Pambula Hospital for treatment.

The female senior constable suffered ligament damage to her right hip, knee and ankle,
and was advised to rest for the week.

The man suffered two broken ankles and remains in hospital under police guard.

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