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From the Daily Herald:

A man who had been pulled over and ticketed by police ran backward up and onto a squad car, apparently in his haste to drive off.

Henry Raskin, 70, had been pulled over by an officer for driving 58 mph in a 35 mph zone.

The officer wrote the ticket and returned to the car, and Raskin got ready to drive away. Except he want flying backward.

"He apparently was going to pull away at a high rate of speed, but the only problem was that he was in reverse," the officer said.

He said Raskin was not happy about getting a ticket. He said polices are reviewing the squad car videotape to see what Raskin might also be charged with.

Raskin was taken to to Northwest Community Hospital as a precaution.

Police don't believe Raskin has any medical conditions that could have led to the crash. Raskin's age also didn't seem to play a factor, he said.

The officer, a 20-year veteran of the police department, was not injured, but his car will be out of service for a while.

"He ended up with the left rear wheel of the car coming through his windshield, about 6 inches from his face," the police spokesperson said. "Luckily, he was not injured."