SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) Thursday night, routine surveillance on a suspected drug dealer nearly cost a Springfield police officer his life.
Doctors at Baystate Medical Center have already bandaged him up, and sent him home. He considers himself lucky. On Thursday, veteran Springfield Police Officer Ed Kalish found out what it felt like to be hit by a car head on.
While staking out a suspected drug dealer in Springfield's north end, Kalish pulled over an alleged drug customer. After seizing a bag of heroin, things went south.
Commissioner Ed Flynn explains, "During the questioning of that person, the subject behind the car decided to take off striking one of my officers, Officer Ed Kalish, flipped him over the hood of the car and he took off, a pursuit ensued obviously that took some time."
Commissioner Flynn says the officer was struck by a car somewhere near the corner of Springfield and Armory streets and from there, the suspect went to Chapin Street, to Chestnut Street, hit I-91 north and headed to Holyoke.
The man allegedly behind the wheel is 55-year-old Thomas Clark of West Springfield. The chase ended near the Holyoke Mall with another crash. This time, Clark hit two other cars and he was taken to Baystate for treatment. When asked if the suspect was known to police, Flynn said, "He's a 55-year-old heroin addict that's been in and out of the system for 25 years, he's just one of life's losers and apparently is on probation, and wanted to avoid going back to jail and took off."
Officer Ed Kalish mainly suffered a leg injury. He's been treated and released. Meantime, the suspect, Thomas Clark, is still here at Baystate Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Commissioner Flynn says Clark will now face a long list of charges including attempted murder, possession of heroin and attempting to allude.
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