RPD vehicles collide in pursuit of false kidnapping
Mar 30, 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester Police Department has confirmed two police cruisers collided responding to a false report of a kidnapping on the Inner Loop headed westbound and Scio St.
According to RPD, officers were alerted to a 911 call of an alleged kidnapping in progress that cited
a specific vehicle. Upon locating the vehicle, they noted an individual fleeing the scene.
Car accident on Norton St., police presence
Additional units responded, and during the pursuit, two RPD vehicles collided and incurred damage.
One officer was transported to an area hospital for observation and no other injuries nor vehicles were reported in the accent.
The kidnapping was proven as false, and listed as a domestic argument.
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