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Man Crashes Into Police Cruiser on Long Island: Witness

A man crashed his car into a police cruiser on Long Island after a reported home invasion, authorities and witnesses say.

Police responded to a house on Morris Avenue in Holtsville.

Video from the scene shows a man being wheeled away on a stretcher. It was not immediately clear if that man was the one who crashed into police.

A neighbor told NBC 4 New York that police told her the man was wanted for a home invasion in the area and took off into her backyard, where a police dog tracked him down.

“It was just chaotic,” neighbor Christina Powers said on the scene. “There were cops up and down the street. This is a quiet neighborhood, nothing really ever goes on.”

The neighbor said police told her the man fought with police and used a Taser on him.

It was not immedialtly clear if there were any other injuries. 

At least one other woman was seen being taken away in handcuffs. 

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