Officer Responding To Robbery Gets In Wreck

Published On: Oct 14 2011 02:10:05 PM EDT  Updated On: Jul 30 2010 07:28:47 AM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A police officer rushing to a robbery of a bank Friday afternoon was involved in a crash of three vehicles on Herschel Street.

The Florida Bank in Riverside was robbed just after 1 p.m. Officer Gary Ellis was responding to the call in an unmarked sports utility vehicle when police said a woman in another SUV pulled into his path, sending the officer's vehicle into yet another SUV.

None of the drivers were hurt, but the officer was shaken up. Channel 4 was told the woman in the first vehicle was cited for causing the accident.

As for the bank robbery, police were looking for an older man who handed a teller a note and demanded money. Police said the robber was carrying a cane.

The man walked away after the robbery and was still at large as of late Friday afternoon.

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