A Pokemon Go enthusiast slammed into a Baltimore police car while playing the game on his phone early Monday morning, according to authorities.
In body-camera video released by the Baltimore Police Department, several officers are seen standing near a police car as a Toyota Rav 4 slams into the cruiser and continues driving.
In the video, an officer runs after the vehicle, which stops near the end of the block, and the driver gets out of his car.
The officer asks if everyone is OK, and the driver, whose face is blurred in the clip, shows the police officers his cellphone.
“That’s what I get for playing this dumb— game,” the man says to the officers.
During a Tuesday press conference, Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said the police car run-in wasn’t the first Pokemon Go incident in Baltimore this week.
He said multiple people had their phones stolen while playing the game in two separate incidents earlier this week.
“Way too many people have their heads buried in their phones trying to catch a Pokemon, and the criminals are catching them,” Smith said.
