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Officers Down... But Definitely Not OUT!
On Friday, August 24, 2007, Patrolmen Aric Pruitt and Robert Ellis were patrolling their assigned neighborhood in Cleveland's Fourth District. While on Miles Avenue their patrol car was almost struck by a suspected intoxicated driver who was traveling in the wrong direction in the opposite lanes. The officers initiated a pursuit to investigate the driver and to prevent further imminent danger to other drivers and pedestrians. While pursuing the suspect their patrol car was struck by another vehicle which did not yield to the patrol car's lights and sirens. Their car then careened into a utility pool and life flight was utilized to transport the officers to Metro Health Medical Center after both officers were critically injured.
UPDATE: Posted by Maggi Martin July 10, 2008 14:19PM
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Breaking News,
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A Lakewood man who seriously injured two Cleveland police officers and another driver in a crash last August will spend eight years in prison. Saul Nolan, 34, was sentenced Wednesday by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Ron Suster. Nolan pleaded guilty to several counts of aggravated vehicular assault, failing to follow a police order and driving under the influence of alcohol. He admitted causing the crash that injured Patrolmen Aric Pruitt and Robert Ellis and another man driving near the chase. Pruitt suffered brain injuries and was in a coma for 18 days. He has 14 pins in his shattered leg and suffered a broken jaw and other injuries when his cruiser struck a median, another car then hit a utility pole. Ellis suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries. The officers were chasing Nolan, who was driving the wrong way on Miles Avenue moments before the cruiser crashed.  
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