FL Deputy Rammed By Fleeing Suspect During Traffic Stop: Sheriff

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — A deputy was severely injured after being rammed by a fleeing suspect he tried to pull over early Thursday morning, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release. (Watch bodycam footage of the crash below.)

Deputy Kalin Hall, 33, who has been with the agency for 11 years, remains hospitalized in stable condition with a fractured leg after the crash. He will undergo surgery Wednesday morning.

When the deputy tried to pull over a black BMW on Bearss Avenue near Nebraska Avenue just after midnight, the suspect sped away from the traffic stop, the sheriff’s office said.

Hall tried to pull the suspect over a second time at Plantation Oaks Drive around 12:30 a.m.

When he got out of his vehicle, the suspect ran into him and drove away from the scene.

The deputy was brought to Tampa General Hospital, HCSO said.

The suspect’s vehicle was found abandoned about a mile from the second stop. Detectives have identified the owner of the car.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 813-247-8200.

"Seeing this suspect show absolutely no regard for the life of our deputy, deliberately hitting him with his car is terrifying," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “The entire Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is here for Deputy Hall and will do anything they can to support him and his family.”

Watch Hall’s bodycam footage from the hit-and-run crash below: