Shock moment seven cops injured as wanted woman, 25, smashes into eight police cars while trying to flee

SEVEN police officers were injured after a woman in a white Hummer smashed into eight patrol cars Sunday morning.

Hannah Casperson, 25, was placed under arrest and taken to a local hospital to be treated for serious injuries following the multi-town car pursuit in Connecticut that ended with a crash.

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Casperson will be processed for ‘multiple outstanding warrants’[/caption]

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Police chased Casperson in a pursuit that spanned a few towns before she crashed[/caption]

Casperson was wanted in Waterbury for being a suspect in smash-and-grab thefts in the area, as well as being the alleged getaway driver in a string of other car break-ins on Friday.

Wolcott police said Casperson and the Hummer were allegedly linked to 41 vehicle break-ins, leading officers to pull her over for a traffic stop.

When an officer approached Casperson’s car around 8:45am Sunday to talk with her, police said she sped forward and hit the officer’s police car, which was blocking her exit.

Video footage shows that the officer pointed his gun at Casperson and yelled at her to stop, but she continued and hit the patrol car again until she squeezed through and escaped the scene.

She hit another cruiser before getting onto the freeway to end up in Monroe, where she lost control and crashed into a telephone pole, striking even more police cars that had been trailing her in the process.

Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo said Casperson was then arrested and taken to be treated for her injuries, which include a broken femur and a dislocated hip.

The officers were also treated at the hospital and discharged but are not able to work, Spagnolo said Monday. The officers’ injuries include bruises, and neck and back sprains.

Spagnolo said it will cost about $135,000 to fix or replace the eight damaged patrol vehicles.

“Two of those Tahoes were brand new cars, they just went into service a few weeks back,” the Chief said.

“This is a terrible situation that we had to deal with here at the police department.”

Officials are working on arrangements for Casperson to be arraigned after she is released from the hospital.

Police said they have already made one arrest in the car break-ins, identifying the suspect as Thomas Crawford.

Authorities said they have reason to believe Casperson was involved.

Casperson will be processed on “multiple outstanding warrants” along with new charges, police said.

The new charges will include reckless endangerment, interfering with an officer, failure to obey an officer’s signal, evading responsibility, and engaging in pursuit, according to Spagnolo.

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Spagnolo said it will cost about $135,000 to fix or replace the eight damaged patrol vehicles[/caption]

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