Police car hits man fleeing immigration agents

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Police say a man trying to run from federal immigration authorities near a Connecticut courthouse has been struck and injured by an unmarked police cruiser.

Danbury police told the News-Times that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were pursing the man on foot near Danbury Superior Court on Friday when a red Ford Taurus hit him.

A Brookfield police officer was driving the Taurus. The officer was dropping off paperwork at the courthouse and was not involved in the pursuit.

No names were immediately released.

Witnesses told the newspaper the man was flung 10 feet into the air then tried to run again but was ordered to stop and was handcuffed.

He was taken to a hospital in an ambulance. His condition is unknown.