NYPD Officer Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle Carrying Aron of Skulener Rebbe

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Two NYPD Officers were unfortunately injured during the massive Levaya for the Skulener Rebbe ZATZAL in Boro Park on Tuesday afternoon.

The Aron was carried for one block, and then placed into the back of a ‘Sprinter’ van. Tens of thousands of people were following behind the vehicle, as they paid their final respects to the Rebbe.

While doing crowd control, one officer was reportedly knocked over on 14th Avenue and 58th Street. The officer’s leg was then run over by a vehicle, possibly the carrying the Aron.

He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O’Neill said in an afternoon press conference.

Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone.

“There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer,” O’Neill said. “The drone apparently ran out of gas… and it landed on the officer’s head.”

O’Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid, NBC New York reported.

The incidents prompted a massive response by the NYPD, Hatzolah, FDNY and EMS.