VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Volusia County deputy was hit in the back by a pickup truck during a traffic stop on 30th Street in Edgewater Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.
Video released by the sheriff’s office shows Deputy Liles conducting a traffic stop when the side mirror from the pickup truck hit the investigator.
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Liles ended the traffic stop and ran back to his patrol vehicle.
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Video shows the deputy tracking the pickup truck that hit him.
The pickup truck made a left onto Kumquat Drive and eventually stopped allowing Liles to catch up.
“It was just a mirror,” Liles tells another deputy at the scene.
“It hit you?” Another deputy said, stunned.
“Yes, go look at the mirror,” Liles said.
Video from the sheriff’s office shows a busted side mirror on the pickup truck.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he is thankful Liles is OK.
“If it’s another six inches toward the deputy. We are having a different conversation,” Chitwood said.
Investigators are reminding drivers the law requires everyone to move over a lane for any stopped emergency, sanitation or utility service vehicles.
Chitwood said drivers can see police lights a quarter-mile away.
He adds Liles’ gear probably helped him absorb the hit.
Chitwood was hit by a car in March while he was taking a bike ride.
The driver is accused of hitting Chitwood while she was using her phone to shop on Amazon.