Suspect Fleeing Police Hits, Injures Slidell City Employee

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A Slidell city employee is recovering after he was sideswiped by a car involved in a police chase on Tuesday.

Slidell police tried to stop a speeding car around 10:30 a.m. on Fremaux Ave. and the chase was on.

While driving the wrong way down Second St., the suspect car's side mirror clipped the city worker, who was hospitalized with minor injuries.

At the end of the chase, police arrested 21-year-old Matao Palmer for reckless driving, flight from an officer, obstructing a highway, negligent injuring, and drug possession.

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