Driver Playing Pokemon Go Smashes Into Cop Car
When officers confronted the mortified man, he admitted: "That's what I get for playing this dumb*** game."
14:27 Wednesday 20 July 2016
A driver has smashed into a police car while playing Pokemon Go at the wheel.
An officer's body camera caught the moment the Toyota RAV4 clipped the unoccupied, parked patrol car in Baltimore, Maryland, early on Monday.
The driver pulled over about 200m down the road and showed police his phone connected to the hit app as he got out of the vehicle.
When police asked if he was OK, the driver - who has not been named - said: "That's what I get for playing this dumb*** game."
The game has not yet been released in the UK
No-one was injured in the incident.
Police showed the video at a news conference, where they revealed two other incidents involving Pokemon hunters running into trouble.
Two people were robbed at gunpoint in southeast Baltimore on Sunday while absorbed in Pokemon Go.
And three people were also robbed while playing the game in the city's Clifton Park.
A young players holds his smartphone while playing Pokemon Go on in Hanover, Germany, where some 1.200 players took part in a night walk through the city
Police spokesman T.J. Smith said: "You can't wander aimlessly around. Pay attention to your surroundings.
"There are way too many people that have their heads buried in their phones trying to catch a Pokemon and the criminals are catching you."
Police have not yet decided on charges for the driver involved in the crash.
