Opinion
December 8, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Irma Vidal Santaella, J.).
The police accident report of the officer, who witnessed the instant car chase and "intentional" ramming of the police vehicle in which Officer Morales was a passenger, was properly admitted into evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule pursuant to CPLR 4518 (a) (see, Yeargans v Yeargans, 24 A.D.2d 280). Moreover, the officers/witnesses' statements concerning the intentional nature of the incident were correctly considered by the court since the officers were trained experts in accident investigation. Finally, under the circumstances the court's conclusion that this was not a covered "accident" was neither against the weight of the evidence nor contrary to law.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Milonas, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.