Police say an officer running away from a rabid fox in a Hudson Valley village accidentally shot himself in the chest.
The officer's bulletproof vest "without question" saved his life, the police chief said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Authorities say 24-year-old Ellenville police officer Harold Nunuvero was struck while responding to a report about the fox in the village on Tuesday morning. Village police Chief Philip Mattracion says the animal charged at Nunuvero and he tried to jump over a nearby fence. But his foot got caught and he flipped over. Nunuvero's gun went off as he landed and struck the officer's bulletproof vest.Nunuvero was later taken to a hospital for treatment and released.
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