The man who is 25 years of age should earlier in the afternoon have stolen in a shop in Pålljungshage in Nyköping. A police officer at the scene saw how the perpetrator ran and followed him by car.

"Suddenly he runs out in front of the police car, which does not have time to slow down, so the suspect gets hit," says Thomas Agnevik, the police spokesperson.

Damage to the police car

In connection with the accident, the man must have complained of pain in one knee. He was taken to hospital by ambulance.

- I have no further information about the injury situation.

In addition to theft in the shop, the suspect is also suspected of damaging the police car.

- In connection with the arrest, the man jumped up on the police car so the windshield burst.