A DeKalb County Police officer was injured overnight trying to stop thieves robbing a frozen chicken tractor trailer.
Crooks caught in the act tried to run over the officer, authorities said.
Police staked out a truck stop near International Park Drive after receiving complaints about break-ins of tractor trailers parked along the road, with everything from tires to microwave ovens being lifted, authorities told Channel 2 Action News.
That’s when officers saw a pair of would-be bandits trying to pry open the doors of a Tyson’s Chicken trailer, police Lt. Dane Cunningham told Channel 2.
“When they attempted to interrupt the theft in progress, one of the vehicles … the suspect vehicle struck one of our officers and our police units and basically right now the vehicle is at large,” Cunningham said.
The officer was taken to a nearby hospital with a bruised hip and is expected to be OK, police said.
Police told Channel 2 the crooks escaped in a dark colored van that should have some minor damage, and in a white pickup truck.
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