Billerica Police Officer Hurt When Cruiser Hit On Route 3
BILLERICA (CBS) - A Billerica police officer was hurt early Thursday morning when his cruiser was hit.
Officers were attempting to stop a man wanted for domestic assault when his car slammed into the back of a Billerica police cruiser on Route 3 north just before exit 28 around 3:30 a.m.
The officer ended up with minor back and neck injuries.
The driver of the car that hit the cruiser, later identified as Carlos Lomba, 45, of Revere, ran away. State police went after him with K-9 units and a helicopter.
Billerica police captured him about an hour later at a Mobil gas station off Treble Cove Road.
Lomba was wanted for an attack in Revere. He's now charged with reckless operation, speeding, marked lane violations, failure to stop, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash and resisting arrest.
He will be arraigned Thursday in Lowell District Court.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports
