Stolen car knocks down officer at McDonald's

A police officer has suffered minor injuries after being run down by the driver of a stolen car at a fast food restaurant. Police say the sergeant was talking to the male driver of the SUV in the drive thru lane of a McDonald's restaurant in Papakura on Tuesday night when it Drove away, knocking the officer down. The vehicle, described as a home-painted matte-black Nissan Terrano, then sped through a red light.