--- description: Dashcam footage captured by a New Jersey police car Friday shows a falling tree striking the officer as he runs to escape being hit title: Dashcam Video Captures Cop Dodging a Falling Tree image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dashcam Video Captures Cop Dodging a Falling Tree  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2016 8:38 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2016 8:38 PM CUT Dashcam footage [captured by a New Jersey police car](http://abc7ny.com/news/video-dashcam-captures-tree-falling-on-police-officer-in-nj/1358738/ "undefined") Friday shows a falling tree striking the officer as he runs and narrowly escapes it toppling him completely. Officer Douglas Faber, 33, of the Ringwood Police, had left his squad car to move a downed tree when a larger tree fell, according to a [report](http://abc7ny.com/news/video-dashcam-captures-tree-falling-on-police-officer-in-nj/1358738/ "undefined") from the local ABC affiliate. The officer ran but still sustained some injuries, including a broken wrist. He was treated and released from a local hospital the same day as the incident. See video of the incident below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/"},"headline":"Dashcam Video Captures Cop Dodging a Falling Tree","datePublished":"2016-05-27T20:38:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:54:21.491Z","description":"He escaped but sustained several injuries","url":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/","keywords":["New Jersey","police"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/","name":"Dashcam Video Captures Cop Dodging a Falling Tree"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"NJ Cop Gets Knocked Down By Falling Tree","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4dIOeJk0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-05-27T19:52:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4dIOeJk0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/","duration":"PT40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4351253/dashcam-video-police-tree/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```