Cop run over by car, another struck by drone during rabbi's Brooklyn funeral

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD says two officers were injured during a rabbi's funeral in Borough Park.

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One officer fell and had his leg run over by a car in the funeral procession. Another was struck by a drone. The pilot of that drone was taken into custody, arrested and charged with reckless engangerment. 

Boro Park mourning the passing of the Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Portugal. pic.twitter.com/Hs4v8Bgtqp

— Adina Sash (@adinasash) April 2, 2019

The funeral for Yisrul Avraham Portugal, the rabbi of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty in Brooklyn, drew a crowd of thousands. Portugal is considered the last grand rebbe of his generation of Hasidic rabbis in the U.S.

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