ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Frank Umbrino, the captain of the Rochester Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit and a familiar face to many who have watched RPD’s news conferences, is recovering after a stolen Kia hit his cruiser. Police say the suspects inside that stolen car were just 11 and 17 years old.

The chase started when the Kia swerved in front of the police cruiser, a Ford, causing a crash around Lyell Avenue and Broad Street around 6:15 p.m. Cook Angleo, an eyewitness, saw the crash happen right in front of his home.

“It’s crazy. I’ve never seen an officer run into a brick wall,” Angleo said. “He got his lights on. And I go ‘Why is he still sitting there?’ So he, he can’t get off the wall, I guess he got a flat or whatever.”

RPD says the Kia sped off and eventually stopped around Jefferson Avenue and Frost Avenue, where police took the two suspects into custody. Captain Sam Lucyshyn described the scene.

“One of the members of the Rochester Police Department called on the radio that he had been struck by a vehicle, a Kia that crashed into his vehicle and then fled the scene,” Lucyshyn said. “Once the incident occurred, we recorded the vehicle, attempted to take the suspect into custody, they obviously didn’t cooperate with us. And then, the vehicle stopped and several suspects fled the vehicle in the area of Jefferson.”

Umbrino was treated for minor injuries after the crash. Just two weeks ago, there was another case of an 11-year-old who allegedly hit someone in a stolen car. Police say the child hit a woman who was walking on Jefferson Avenue and she was taken to the hospital. That child was not charged due to state law. Police handed him over to his parents.

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