Nassau Cop Nearly Killed In Hit-And-Run Heads Home

PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Nassau County Police Officer George Day headed home Friday after two months of hospitalization and rehabilitation from injuries he suffered in an on-duty hit-and-run crash on July 6.

Day, a member of the NCPD’s Motorcycle Unit, was on regular patrol when he nearly lost his life after he was broadsided by a driver who ran a stop sign in North Bellmore, police said.

While the driver, 40-year-old Hussam Rajab, was arrested a short time later, Day underwent a number of surgeries and spent months healing from his injuries, which included broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Rajab was charged with leaving the scene of a crash with serious injuries. He is free on $10,000 cash bail and due back in court on Sept. 16.

"The NCPD would like to thank the dedicated and talented staff at St. Charles Rehabilitation and NUMC for their incredible work in treating Officer Day," the police department said on its Facebook page. "We wish him and his family well as he heads home to continue his amazing recovery!"