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Suffolk County police officer stabbed in line of duty to be released from hospital
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A Suffolk County police officer who was stabbed in the line of duty is expected to be released from the hospital on Monday.
Authorities say Officer Christopher Racioppo was stabbed in the leg by a suspected drunk driver during a struggle in Patchogue on April 10.
A major artery was severed, and Racioppo nearly died.
Dr. James Vosswinkel, Chief of Trauma Surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital, said the officer would have bled to death in 20 minutes.
Police say Racioppo attempted to pull over a driver the driver of a Mercedes who was driving with his headlights off, but that the driver, Jonathan Nunez, fled the scene and then crashed into another car before attempting to flee on foot.
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