A wild police chase through Brooklyn ended when a runaway van crashed into a car being driven by an off-duty police sergeant with her two children in the car, police say.
NYPD officers first pulled over a van suspected in a robbery, and as the officers approached the van, the vehicle took off, running over an officer's foot, police said.
Police pursued the van through two precincts before ending at Stuart Street and Avenue U in Marine Park, when the van crashed T-boned a car driven by an off-duty sergeant, according to police.
Witness Jack Vanasco said, "I heard all the sirens, I said what the heck's going? It's like a movie."
"It was a pretty loud crash," he said. "The cops came and they surrounded the van."
The sergeant and her two children, who had to be extricated from the car, were injured but it's not clear how seriously.
Police said they have a suspect into custody.
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-- Rob Schmitt contributed to this report.
