High school wrestler run over by police cruiser while exercising in Oakland

An Oakland teen was run over by a police cruiser while taking a jog Saturday afternoon. Dennis Hernandez, 18, a senior wrestler at Indian Hills High School, was jogging and decided to do some sit-ups

News 12 Staff

Mar 11, 2007, 3:58 AM

Updated 6,394 days ago

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An Oakland teen was run over by a police cruiser while taking a jog Saturday afternoon. Dennis Hernandez, 18, a senior wrestler at Indian Hills High School, was jogging and decided to do some sit-ups in an empty lot on Yawpo Avenue. Hernandez says that is when an on-duty Oakland police car ran him over. Hernandez was medivacced to Hackensack University Medical Center with bruises and a lot of broken bones. Hernandez?s brother says he sustained a broken pelvis, broken leg, rash burns all over his body and facial injuries. Bergen County police have taken over the investigation. Hernandez's family says detectives came to the hospital to question Dennis, but they have yet to receive an explanation or an apology from police.